Human Quotes

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Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but because of internal decay and rigidification. — James A. Garfield
Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach I project the condition of my soul onto… — Parker J. Palmer
I guarantee if you walk into 100 spider webs, you will have changed your fundamental human behavior. And you can apply this to anything, And… — Chris Hadfield
Once you forgive yourself, the self-rejection in your mind is over. Self-acceptance begins, and the self-love will grow so strong that you will finally accept… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
I join you therefore in branding as cowardly the idea that the human mind is incapable of further advances. — Thomas Jefferson
If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force or fraud; and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
God and nature have thrown all human fortunes into the midst of mankind; and they are thus attainable rather by rapine than by industry, by… — Niccolo Machiavelli
So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging. — Niccolo Machiavelli
I always compare marriage to communism. They're both institutions that don't conform to human nature, so you're going to end up with lying and hypocrisy. — Bill Maher
War is the province of chance. in no other sphere of human activity must such a margin be left for this intruder. it increases the… — Carl von Clausewitz
International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that men… — J. William Fulbright
The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life. It's the only activity that gives me some hope… — J. William Fulbright
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations. Man's capacity for decent… — J. William Fulbright
The preservation of our free society in the years and decades to come will depend ultimately on whether we succeed or fail in directing the… — J. William Fulbright
Peace is no mere matter of men fighting or not fighting. Peace, to have meaning for many who have known only suffering in both peace… — Ralph Bunche
Just because a child's parents are poor or uneducated is no reason to deprive the child of basic human rights to health care, education and… — Marian Wright Edelman
When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation causes a human… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms that we can't conceive. And there could, of course, be forms of intelligence… — Martin Rees
In order that the relations between science and the age may be what they ought to be, the world at large must be made to… — Unknown Author
The equation of animal and vegetable life is too complicated a problem for human intelligence to solve, and we can never know how wide a… — George Perkins Marsh

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