Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.
Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.
The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop.
Our biggest struggle as human beings is to project ourselves as something that society has deemed admirable or likable instead of being honest.
One of the most extraordinary things about being a spiritual teacher is the rare privilege of being able to look deeply into the very souls of many human beings at the same time.
Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!
To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.
To be a champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.
I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.
At the end of the day, I'm a human being and I just think that's what it is. Challenging stereotypes by just being who I am.
Being a slave to a fellow human being, many times, starts with giving his opinion more weight than you should.
Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.
Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war.
So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.
On a whitely cloudy day I get sad, almost afraid, And I begin to meditate about problems I make up.
We all wind up drawn to what we're afraid of, drawn to try to find a way to make ourselves safe from a thing by crawling inside of it, by loving it, by becoming it.
Reckon it's best if you don't have anyone you care about; then it can't hurt you. Don't have to be afraid of losing someone if you no one to lose.
I couldn't take my eyes off him. Like a desert wanderer afraid of mirages, I gazed at my oasis, but he was real.
Not married until 33, Abraham Lincoln said, "A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that cannot hurt me.
To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoop in the oats, to air in the lung let evening come. Let it come, as it will, and don't be afraid. God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening come.
How she still thought of Max every day and it was like someone had emptied her lungs of air, and she would catch at her heart, afraid she was dying.
