Quotes of: Human-capacity Keyword

Being stigmatied by sex is being marked by its meaning in a human life of loneliness and imperfection, where some pain is indelible.

Intercourse

The sole agents, indeed, in the action of her novels are individual human beings. And the comedy is the outcome of their making fools of themselves and of one another.

Jane Austen And Her Art

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.

Jane Eyre

Are we Human? Or are we dancer? My sign is vital, My hands are cold, And I'm on my knees, begging for the answer, To are we Human? Or are we Dancer?

The Killers - Day & Age

Growing up I often wondered how the world would be today if, since the beginning of human life, every person acted as I did.

Killosophy

Çoğu insan Kafka'nın ihtiyarına benzer. Umut ederler ama yüreklerinin sesini, itkisini dinleme ve ona göre davranma yetisinden yoksundurlar; bürokratlar onlara yeşil ışık yakmadığı sürece beklerler de beklerler.

The Revolution of Hope: Toward a Humanized Technology

And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.

The Secret Life of Bees

The purpose of art is to give the traveling human race an improved map that shows the way to itself. If art isn't for *that*, what is it for?

Short Drive, Sweet Chariot

We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget.

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

I believe that the ability to laugh at oneself is fundamental to the resiliency of the human spirit.

The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook

Yes, but humans are more important than animals,' said Brutha. 'This is a point of view often expressed by humans,' said Om.

Small Gods

As much as I don't care about those things, I think it's human nature to not want to feel totally insignificant.

Second Helpings

Morality, for all the conditioning to which the human mind has been and is subjected, is always a personal choice in the last analysis.

Sweeney's Island

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

My growth as a human being has been directly proportional to my growth as a marital artist.

My Mastery: Learning to Live through Jiu Jitsu

Thus suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering is great or little. Therefore the 'size' of human suffering is absolutely relative".

Man's Search for Meaning

Fire will burn any human body it touches, and starvation will waste it, but stories are not so predictable in their effects.

The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia

Nature's stern discipline enjoins mutual help at least as often as warfare. The fittest may also be the gentlest.

Mankind Evolving: The Evolution of the Human Species

In following your inclinations and moving toward mastery, you make a great contribution to society, enriching it with discoveries and insights, and making the most of the diversity in nature and among human society.

Mastery

We must continually remind ourselves that there is a difference between what is natural and what is actually good for us.

The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values