Behave Quote by Talal Asad Download Open image “To behave "humanely" it is perfectly possible to do without the notion of "humanity."” — Talal Asad ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behave Humanity Nature of man Notion
It seems to me perfectly possible to act humanely towards other beings, whether humans or animals or plants. One simply has to learn how… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If we do not want to be pained by anybody we must not pain anybody; and how can man consider himself humane if he… — Morarji Desai Copy Share Image
There was nothing humane about humanity. At the end of the day, they were all animals with only survival instincts. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Being human means nothing if we cannot be humane. This cannot happen until we learn through science or spirituality that fundamentally, in life substratum… — Fakeer Ishavardas Copy Share Image
Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise? — Confucius Copy Share Image
“WE SHOULD ALL BE HUMANISTS. So I had this conversation with a friend and I am of the view that, we need no tags… — Magnus Nwagu Amudi Copy Share Image
The propensity to intellectualize is itself both essential and dangerous. I think in our modern world we are much more aware of its essential… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
Certainly in order to understand the natural world one needs clarity, logic, and the capacity for theory building. But that understanding tends to improve… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
I think the approach to Islam as a tradition is helpful. Tradition helps us to focus on questions about authority and temporality, and about… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
Language has multiple uses, and is embedded in different forms of life. It is not necessary to have this grand concept of "humanity" in… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
Believers are often thought of as people who have some kind of private conviction or repudiation of something, whereas "the faithful" refers to a… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
You do not need intellectuality for deep faith. You do not need it for behaving humanely towards people whether fellow Muslims or non-Muslims. You… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
The Genealogical Science is a wonderful account of how old-fashioned race science has come to be re-defined by resort to the most recent developments… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
In liberal society we claim that freedom of speech is sacred and therefore has an absolute character. But we know (or should know) that… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
“The construction of civilizational difference is not exclusive in any simple sense. The de-essentialization of Islam is paradigmatic for all thinking about the assimilation… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
For the law, the clarity of language and the finality of judgment is crucial, because you have to decide a case one way or… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
You should never employ your intellect but only that it is not essential to exercise it in order to live a humane life. Language… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
The notion of "humanity" as a form of transcendence derives, I think, from the conviction that intellectuality possesses an absolute power, from the demand… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules -and proportion… — Burne Hogarth Copy Share Image
For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
The possibility of saying anything about a thing rests on the assumption that it preserves its identity, or continues to be the same thing… — Frank Knight Copy Share Image
Why does man behave like perfect idiot? This is the problem I wish to deal with. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Copy Share Image
This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not. — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave. — Howard Raiffa Copy Share Image
As a club, we have an educational purpose: to give back to those people who love Arsenal so that they learn moral values from… — Arsene Wenger Copy Share Image
What astonishes many of us is not so much that human nature is fundamentally corrupt; we are astonished rather that it does not behave… — Morton Irving Seiden Copy Share Image
Do we behave out of fear of punishment, or out of the demands of our heart? For me, it is the latter, as I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid the presence… — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
