Human beings Quote by Huston Smith

Instead of transcending ourselves, we must move into ourselves.

— Marion Woodman

There is a human striving for self-transcendence. It's part of what makes us human. With all of our flaws we want to go a…

— George Leonard

Each new day beckons you to walk on the road of self-transcendence. We transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We compete only…

— Sri Chinmoy

Our goal is self-transcendence

— Sri Chinmoy

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

We are defined and controlled by all that we have not transcended.

— Adi Da

“We transcend meaninglessness only when we think and act beyond merely trying to satisfy our needs. We become authentic, in part, by extracting ourselves…

— Josh Korda

Transcending gives a human being a chance to think before acting. And experiencing this beautiful treasury within gets rid of torment and replaces it…

— David Lynch

Sometimes we have to disobey in order to transcend, in order to survive.

— Sebastian Lelio

Individual self-transcendence collectively inspires humanity at large.

— Sri Chinmoy

It seems to me that one of the most basic human experiences, one that is genuinely universal and unites-or, more precisely, could unite-all of…

— Vaclav Havel

In contemplation of created things, by steps we may ascend to God.

— John Milton