Human Quotes

22022 quotes by 8110 authors

The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great… — Salman Rushdie
Literature is the human activity that make the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity, and difficulty. — Lionel Trilling
I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained by… — Martin Chemnitz
There are qualities which grow as meditation deepens. For example, you start feeling loving for no reason at all. Not the love that you know,… — Rajneesh
Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being. — Margaret Mead
For prying into any human affairs, non are equal to those whom it does not concern. — Victor Hugo
Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the… — Phyllis McGinley
Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is just operating on… — P.J. O'Rourke
Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration-of oneself and of others. Great… — Lance Secretan
More than anything else today, followers believe they are part of a system, a process that lacks heart. If there is one thing a leader… — Lance Secretan
How many times do we pay for one mistake? The answer is a thousand times for the same mistake. The human is the only animal… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
We've painted ourselves into a corner where the only choice is real nightmare - triage, epidemic disease, famine, fascism, the collapse of human rights -… — Terence McKenna
The human spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than this or jump higher than that. There will never… — Roger Bannister
I've learned that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best, and by striving for happiness you will arrive… — Naoki Higashida
Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a… — Edwin S. Shneidman
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. — Nelson Mandela
The human heart, at whatever age, opens to the heart that opens in return. — Maria Edgeworth
If there be a human being who is freer than I, then I shall necessarily become his slave. If I am freer than any other,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began. The recovery of… — James A. Baldwin
To be born in a free society and not to be born free is to be born into a lie. To be told by co-citizens… — James A. Baldwin

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