Uniquely Human Quotes
15 quotes by 9 authors
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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
— Hannah Arendt
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Philosophers and scientists confidently offer up traits said to be uniquely human, and the monkeys and apes casually knock them down -- toppling the pretension…
— Carl Sagan
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We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot…
— Viktor E. Frankl
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Remember that feelings or emotions emanate from the more ancient, less evolved, lower part of the human brain, while thoughts are a product of our…
— Laura Schlessinger
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To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called…
— Edward Hallowell
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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future.
— Hannah Arendt
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A productive purpose to which you give yourself fully and joyfully is one of the great adventures of life. It is a uniquely human source…
— Nathaniel Branden
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It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in making life meaningful. Since man has no inborn skills,…
— Eric Hoffer
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When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant.
— Eric Hoffer
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It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
— Eric Hoffer
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Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a…
— Viktor E. Frankl
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I believe imagination to be a uniquely human gift. The reason I like my job, and have liked it for more than half a century,…
— Tyne Daly
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Promises are the uniquely human way of orderin The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds…
— Hannah Arendt
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Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation in its…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Who Wrote These Uniquely Human Quotes
9 authors contributed a total of 15 Uniquely Human Quotes as follows: