Essentially Human Quotes
10 quotes by 7 authors
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Math . . . music .. . starry nights . . . These are secular ways of achieving transcendence, of feeling lifted into a grand…
— Rebecca Goldstein
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Reason is man's faculty for grasping the world by thought, in contradiction to intelligence, which is man's ability to manipulate the world with the help…
— Erich Fromm
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The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations.
— Eric Hoffer
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Therefore, the Negro nation are, as a rule, submissive to slavery, because [Negroes] have little [that is essentially] human and have attributes that are quite…
— Ibn Khaldun
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If we live our lives as a gift it is possible to reach a blissful state of eternal happiness. It is those who live their…
— Ludwig von Mises
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Our ability to find humor in the world, to make connections between previously unconnected notions, to create new ideas, to share in a common culture:…
— Joshua Foer
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Planning other people's actions means to prevent them from planning for themselves, means to deprive them of their essentially human quality, means enslaving them.
— Ludwig von Mises
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Now more than ever, as the role of memory in our culture erodes at a faster pace than ever before, we need to cultivate our…
— Joshua Foer
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Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.
— Joshua Foer
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People who offer encouragement and embrace you as essentially human are precious and rare.
— Senoraroy
Who Wrote These Essentially Human Quotes
7 authors contributed a total of 10 Essentially Human Quotes as follows: