Human condition Quote by Johann Herder

“Human beings appear to be the eternal natural bridge between the tangible and the intangible.”

— Anna Mancini

“I believe that there are no innate, intrinsic differences among a human being , a baboon or a grain of sand.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

“Woven into our lives is the very fire from the stars and genes from the sea creatures, and everyone, utterly everyone, is kin in…

— Elizabeth A. Johnson

“Yes, we humans are more than merely biological creatures. We appreciate beauty, we struggle with ethical conflicts, and we strive to make sense of…

— Steven J. Dick

“They are distinct enough that our crude instruments can pick up the differences, yet both are healthy instances of that staggeringly improbable, exquisitely engineered…

— Steven Pinker

“It is thus that inanimate objects seem to soak up the essence of living things, and later cause pain or pleasure when we merely…

— Margaret George

Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature.

— Noam Chomsky

“the definition of humanness is the opportunity to marvel at the majesty of creation”

— John Green

“How does a mortal make answer to what his or her kind are capable of? Does each of us, soldier or no, reach a…

— Steven Erikson

“To be such a complicated, myterious piece of biological machinery! That is a special thing, unprecedented in all of evolutionary history. Our ability to…

— Veronica Roth

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply…

— Pema Chodron

“No one has yet determined the power of the human species . . . what it may perform by instinct, and what it may…

— Brian Herbert