The essence of a mature human being in religious terms is the ability to see, to be aware of others' suffering and to be touched by it.
We become increasingly aware that the human dream, the human drama, with all its questionable, damaging, and often malevolent intention is not real life at all.
To begin cooking duck at one in the morning is one of the finest acts of madness that can be undertaken by a human being who is not mad.
Leadership is a dynamic process that expresses our skill, our aspirations, and our essence as human beings.
All I know is that I shall be alone again. There is nothing more terrible than to be alone among human beings.
I would have chosen any other than this for my prison. A rhinoceros is as ugly as a human being, and it too is going to die, but at least it never thinks that it is beautiful.
An artist can respect the backfield of fact before which every human being stands and choose not to address those facts.
Of course I remember you." My voice is a strangled whisper. I squeeze my eyes shut. "You were the only one who ever looked at me like a human being.
It’s my belief that animals can help a human being travel to the wounds of childhood. The best part is, once you go there, you can fix things. Get on with life.
A human being needs only a small plot of ground on which to be happy, and even less to lie beneath.
Maple thought optimistically that human beings, on their good days, weren't much dimmer than sheep. Or at least, not much dimmer than dim sheep.
The urge to jump into his arms and feel the warmth of them surrounding me is so powerful, I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being.
Because of literature we can decipher, at least partially, the hieroglyphic that existence tends to be for the great majority of human beings.
No human being should be maltreated under any circumstances. We are all wonderful creation of God. May we affectionately love one another.
Storytelling is among the oldest forms of communication. Storytelling is the commonality of all human beings, in all places, in all times.
Human beings. They are the ones with the most important job. They are supposed to make what they want out of what they are given.
There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a person being themselves. Imagine going through your day being unapologetically you.
Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.
You’re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are.
The inner story, though the same in essence for all, is always single and unique in each human being, never before lived and never to be repeated.
We will see every human beings as Christ and we will help Hindus to be better Hindus, Muslims to be better Muslims, and Christians to be better Christians"(Mother Teresa).
