There's a lot to be said for being alone. But you and I know, don't we, Flavia, that being alone and being lonely are not at all the same thing?
Human evolution has two steps - from being somebody to being nobody; and from being nobody to being everybody. This knowledge can bring sharing and caring throughout the world.
We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.
We've had a major shift in what truth is and where it comes from. We've gone from being God-centered to self-centered, from being objective to being subjective, and from being internal to external.
Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.
Human beings had two basic orientations: HAVING and BEING HAVING: seeks to acquire, posses things even people BEING: focuses on the experience; exchanging, engaging, sharing with other people
I was so beat down as a young person - being black, being gay, being unable to assimilate because I could never, ever pull off being butch.
By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being.
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
Being around lots of people drains me, and alone time is essential to my well-being.
Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.
Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being.
There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
The pressure to being a comedian is being funny, but I've given that up, so there is no pressure whatsoever.
Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.
I like being absurd. Being silly.
Anybody can be going from being broke to being wealthy, as I did.
I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.
When you feel overwhelmed, you’re trying too hard. That kind of energy does not help the other person and it does not help you. You should not be too eager to help right away. There are two things: to be and to do. Don’t think too much about to d...
Being' cannot be derived from higher concepts by definition, nor can it be presented through lower ones. But does this imply being no longer offers a problem? Not at all. We can infer only that 'Being' cannot have the character of an entity. Thus we ...
Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.
