Human being Quote by Octavio Paz Download Open image “a human being is never what he is but the self he seeks.” — Octavio Paz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Human being Humans Identity Inspirational Love Nature of man Self
“being human always points, and is directed, to something, or someone, other than oneself—be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
Man is always something more than what he knows of himself. He is not what he is simply once and for all, but is… — Karl Jaspers Copy Share Image
No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Man is never truly himself except when he is actively creating something. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Every human being is inherently a unique and individual form of life. He or she is made like that. But there is something which… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
The religion of art, like the religion of politics, was born from the ruins of Christianity. Art inherited from the old religion the power… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
I thought that the world was a vast system of signs, a conversation between giant beings. My actions, the cricket's saw, the star's blink,… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Changes are inseparable from democracy. To defend democracy is to defend the possibility of change; in turn, changes alone can strengthen democracy. — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
It is not proper to project our feelings onto things or to attribute our own sensations and passions to them. Can it also be… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“I went to the little window and inhaled the country air. One could hear the breathing of the night, feminine, enormous. ("The Blue Bouquet")” — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
A glass pitcher, a wicker basket, a tunic of coarse cloth. Their beauty is inseparable from their function. Handicrafts belong to a world existing… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“Between going and staying the day wavers, in love with its own transparency. The circular afternoon is now a bay where the world in… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“Two bodies face to face Are at times two waves And the night is an ocean. Two bodies face to face Are sometimes two… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
I want to be happy. We all want to be happy. I want to be treated like a normal human being, but I also… — Lauren Alaina Copy Share Image
I think what's hysterically funny is a guy who sets himself up as the most confident, everything's-perfect, know-it-all, things-are-swell human being and then gets… — Bob Einstein Copy Share Image
There is immense power in acknowledging the contribution of every human being in our life. One must constantly make the effort to absorb this… — Ashish Vidyarthi Copy Share Image
So I'm sorry, I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a satirist has any greater obligation to society than a… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
When the machine of a human being is turned on, it seems to produce a protagonist, just as a television produces an image. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Primarily affecting low-information voters and members of the mainstream media, Obama Worship Syndrome attributes impossible capabilities to Obama's political opponents, finds excuses for every… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
My dad taught not only tolerance but appreciation for every human being. — Ben Howland Copy Share Image
Look at Greg Jbara! I've watched him work for years, always switching. He's literally a different human being when he's onstage in 'Billy Elliot.'… — Will Chase Copy Share Image
