Ability Quote by Sylvia Earle

Human beings are able to reflect on their existencefor now that distinguishes us from other creatures.

— Jean Berko Gleason

We are human only in contact, and conviviality, with what is not human.

— David Abram

We are the only animals that tell stories to understand the world we live in.

— Salman Rushdie

We begin to not be human, as we've known it, any longer. But to be just creative minds and action, whereas right now we're…

— Byron Katie

Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end.

— Joan D. Vinge

One human life is deeper than the ocean. Strange fishes and sea-monsters and mighty plants live in the rock-bed of our spirits. The whole…

— Ben Okri

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.

— C. S. Lewis

Humanity is part of nature, a species that evolved among other species. The more closely we identify ourselves with the rest of life, the…

— Anonymous

“If I could describe "human being" I would be more than I am - and would probably be living in the future, because I…

— James Tiptree Jr. Alice Sheldon

We are part of nature, a product of a long evolutionary journey. To some degree, we carry the ancient oceans in our blood. ……

— Murray Bookchin

To be human is to be aware of the passage of time; no concept lies closer to the core of our consciousness.

— Dan Falk

At the end of the day, we are all humans.

— Costa Ronin