Condition Quotes

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Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion,… — Maya Angelou
Human beings consider themselves satisfied only compared to some other condition. A man who has owned nothing but a bicycle all of his life feels… — Alan Lightman
To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The New Testament is a brutal destroyer of human illusions. If you follow Jesus and don't end up dead, it appears you have some explaining… — Terry Eagleton
There is a reason the word belonging has a synonym for want at its center; it is the human condition. — Jodi Picoult
This endured absence is nothing more or less than forgetfulness. I am, intermittently, unfaithful. This is the condition of my survival. — Roland Barthes
that's exactly the good thing about the Injun life--you don't have to stop and think about whether or not you're 'happy'--which in my opinionis a… — Jim Fergus
This symmetrical composition--the same motif at the beginning and at the end--may seem quite "novelistic" to you, and I am willing to agree, but only… — Milan Kundera
Although she had resisted this knowledge all her life, had lived determinedly in the future focused there by ambition, she understood at last that this… — Dean Koontz
Every man has within himself the entire human condition — Michel de Montaigne
...failure is a human condition, not victory over odds; for each Hellen Keller who triumphs, there are tens of millions who fail, mute and deaf… — Joyce Carol Oates
As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize that few humans will permit themselves such an… — Alan Moore
He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one. — Alice Hoffman
Ultimately â€” or at the limit â€” in order to see a photograph well, it is best to look away or close your eyes. 'The… — Roland Barthes
Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who pause to consider the antithesis: that perfect unhappiness… — Primo Levi
Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every… — Jeremiah Burroughs
This concern with the basic condition of freedom -- the absence of physical constraint -- is unquestionably necessary, but is not all that is necessary.… — Aldous Huxley
I don't hold with shamans, witch doctors, or psychiatrists. Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or even Dickens, understood more about the human condition than ever occurred to any… — Mordecai Richler
Dude, you're such a geek. And that's coming from an overweight Star Trek fan who scored a 5 on the AP Calculus test. So you… — John Green
If I feel ragged, my prep team seems in worse condition, knocking back coffee and sharing brightly colored little pills. As far as I can… — Suzanne Collins

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