Human Quotes

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It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the firmness or precariousness… — Alexander Hamilton
Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct than… — Alexander Hamilton
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the firmness or precariousness… — Alexander Hamilton
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by our… — Alexander Hamilton
We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
While it is unlikely that poetry or art shall eliminate the reality of war in the twenty-first century, it is thrilling to know there remain… — Aberjhani
His [Ben Okri's] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them: To what extent will we allow the indefinable dynamics of something… — Aberjhani
Overall, my books represent a kind of shared communion and meditation with my fellow human beings... The books are also a part of what I… — Aberjhani
Ours is an age in which thousands are driven daily from their homelands by the unforgiving brutalities of war, terrorism, political oppression, starvation, disease, economic… — Aberjhani
Beneath the surface of states and nations, ideas and language, lies the fate of individual human beings in need. Answering their needs will be the… — Kofi Annan
What in Gods name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine? — John Brunner
There is no doubt that I have discovered the ultimate in stagnant human societies. The Bikura have realized the human dream of immortality and have… — Dan Simmons
I believe in standardizing automobiles, not human beings. — Albert Einstein
It is not by sitting still at a grand distance and calling the human race larvae that men are to be helped. — Albert Einstein
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer
Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as it does for many, the… — Pope John Paul II
Science is not the enemy of humanity but one of the deepest expressions of the human desire to realize that vision of infinite knowledge. Science… — Heinz Pagels
The object of geometry in all its measuring and computing, is to ascertain with exactness the plan of the great Geometer, to penetrate the veil… — Benjamin Peirce
In every child who is born, no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again:… — James Agee
Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development. — Harry Belafonte

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