Human values Quote by Shulamith Firestone Download Open image “the 'natural' is not necessarily a 'human' value.” — Shulamith Firestone ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Human values Humans Natural Nature Nature of man Values
The 'natural' is not necessarily a 'human' value. Humanity has begun to transcend nature: we can no longer justify the maintenance of a discriminatory… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
The more artificial a human environment becomes, the more the word ‘natural’ becomes a term of value. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“I have heard people suggest that because humans are natural that everything humans do or create is natural. Chainsaws are natural. Nuclear bombs are… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
Human nature has been sold short...[humans have] a higher nature which...includes the need for meaningful work, for responsibility, for creativeness, for being fair and… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings. — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
When one wants to be natural, of necessity one becomes the reverse of natural. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
[U]nless oppressed groups stick together, and on alliances of self interest rather than do-goodism; nothing can be accomplished in the long run to dismantle… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
the myth of childhood happiness flourishes so wildly not because it satisfies the needs of children but because it satisfies the needs of adults.… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
Emancipated' women found out that the honesty, generosity, and camaraderie of men was a lie. — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
“...childbirth is at best necessary and tolerable. It is not fun. (Like shitting a pumpkin, a friend of mine told me when I inquired… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
We should keep in mind that Revolutions anywhere are always glad to use any help they can get, even from women. But unless women… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
“For the real issue under all the fights about other women is the man is unable to commit himself.” — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
Men are thinking, writing, and creating, because women were pouring their energy into those men; women are not creating culture because they are occupied… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
A fair and generous woman is (at best) respected, but seldom loved. — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
All men are selfish, brutal and inconsiderate--and I wish I could find one. — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
“Believe me, if all wives whose husbands had affairs left them, we would only have divorced women in this country.” — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
Women were the slave class that maintained the species in order to free the other half for the business of the world. — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
The corporate state is an immensely powerful machine, ordered, legalistic, rational, yet utterly out of human control, wholly and perfectly indifferent to any human… — Charles A. Reich Copy Share Image
“Today, our view of genuine reality is increasingly clouded by professionals whose technical expertise often introduces a superficial and soulless model of the person… — Arthur Kleinman Copy Share Image
It's silly to have as one's sole object in life just making money, accumulating wealth. I work because I enjoy what I'm doing, and… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
One simply cannot engage in barbarous action without becoming a barbarian, because one cannot defend human values by calculated and unprovoked violence without doing… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
The spirit in the body is like wine in a glass; when it spills, it seeps into air and earth and light….It’s a mistake… — Anne Michaels Copy Share Image
The sincere effort to accept and promote the human values - Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Non-Violence and Love. These five values are a essential… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
It is when you experience another's suffering as your own that your human values is manifested. — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“Joy is found when you focus your energy on improving human dignity, human capacity and human values.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“Respect, when rooted in genuine admiration and understanding, becomes a bridge that connects individuals, fostering empathy, acceptance, and a deep appreciation for the inherent… — Sanjeev Himachali Copy Share Image
I see loyalty - roughly perseverance in relational commitments despite the cost of such perseverance - as an important human value/virtue. Think of it… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
The age of warrior kings and of warrior presidents has passed. The nuclear age calls for a different kind of leadership.... a leadership of… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image