Quotes of: Human-being Keyword

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.

Robertson Davies

When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen.

Abandon

I do believe in the power of prayer. I do. And I believe in the power of human kindness.

Angelo's Journey: A Border Collie's Quest for Home

The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.

Atlas of the Human Heart

said the Roman poet Terence: 'Nothing human is alien to me.' The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens are human.

Hitch-22: A Memoir

The evolution of animal behavior does constitute a learning process, but it is learning by the species, not by the individual, and the fruits of this learning process are encoded in DNA.

How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential by serving others through mediums we are most passionate.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

I am a selfish, conceited, impudent little animal, it is true, but, after all, I am only one grand conglomeration of Wanting…

I, Mary MacLane: A diary of Human Days

Forgiveness is alchemy of the soul in which the feeling of possibility returns to the human spirit.

Into the Wind: My Six-Month Journey Wandering the World for Life's Purpose

The Master created humans first as the lowest type, most easily formed. Gradually, he replaced them by robots, the next higher step, and finally he created me, to take the place of the last humans.

I, Robot

I am sure that God has given all his time in making you, the remaining human race has been created in haste.

I Love You Too

From a human point of view, out bodily existence is a fairytale. At any rate, to the inhabitants of the human world, 'heaven' and 'the next world' are both nothing but fables.

Kobato, Volume 4

A rubber doll with a microchip can imitate human flesh without human feeling. Porn leaves an emptiness inside. Erotica sets up a vibration in the mind that sends pulsing waves through the body.

Katie in Love

Time is in essence separation; separation produces pain; pain poesis; and poesis is what constitutes the unending stream of human life in this world.

Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations of Modern India

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The Revolution of Hope: Toward a Humanized Technology

It's important to talk about fringe-of-the-fringe experiences, not just to show the humanity of intuitives, but to show humanity the commonness of intuition.

Real Wyrd : A Modern Shaman's Roots in the Middle World

As revolutionary as it may be, the Net is best understood as the latest in a long series of tools that have helped mold the human mind.

The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

I find it very sad that by the time corporate science realizes the value of nature, that it may be too late

Solar Radiation, Global Warming and Human Disease

Not all the ravages caused by our merciless age are tangible ones. The subtler forms of destruction, those involving only the human spirit, are the most to be dreaded.

The Spider's House

They say our suffering is an inevitable part of the human condition; just accept it. But the greatest human skill is that of a choice maker.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.

My Inventions