Human Quotes

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If human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Television was not intended to make human beings vacuous, but it is an emanation of their vacuity. — Malcolm Muggeridge
...So, take what's inside you and make big, bold choices. And for those who can't speak for themselves, use bold voices. And make friends and… — Jamie Lee Curtis
Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't… — John Legend
What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver. — Edward James Olmos
As far as I am concerned, the greatest suffering is to feel alone, unwanted, unloved. The greatest suffering is also having no one, forgetting what… — Mother Teresa
People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize them, somebody to… — Mother Teresa
Human beings are not intrinsically selfish, which isolates us from others. We are essentially social animals who depend on others to meet our needs. We… — Dalai Lama
Once you experience Third World poverty, you're really changed forever, if you're at all open to it, because we're all united in our common humanity.… — Martin Sheen
Biophilia, if it exists, and I believe it exists, is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms. — E. O. Wilson
Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it. — Bertrand Russell
Anecdote: It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions do not in themselves differentiate… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people… — Margaret Chase Smith
The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical… — Freeman Dyson
There are certain things that are fundamental to human fulfillment. The essence of these needs is captured in the phrase 'to live, to love, to… — Stephen Covey
The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The… — Oscar Wilde
Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! — Emma Goldman
If you take the the insults of your fellow human beings personally, you will be offended for the rest of your life. — Deepak Chopra
After 5,000 years of recorded human history, you wonder, what part of 2,000,000 sunrises doesn't a pessimist understand? — Robert Breault
Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on… — Laozi

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