Human Quotes

22022 quotes by 8110 authors

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. — Joseph Addison
Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're… — Martha Beck
Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past. — Martha Beck
America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world. — William Bennett
It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator's skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into… — William Bernbach
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. — Joseph Addison
There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred. — Henry Ward Beecher
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? — Henry Ward Beecher
Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God. — Henry Ward Beecher
A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and… — Clive Bell
There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we… — Saul Bellow
All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue. — Konrad Adenauer
It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The novels I love, the ones I remember, the ones I re-read, have an empathetic human quality, or 'emotional truth'. This quality is difficult to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences… — Pope Benedict XVI
To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter, could function on its own;… — Pope Benedict XVI
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. — Ruth Benedict
Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul. — Annette Bening
Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature. — Ezra Taft Benson
Satan works through human agents. — Ezra Taft Benson

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