Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.
I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.
The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.
Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.
Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.
Libido is a normal part of being human. Nothing scandalous about it. But without it, in either women or men, would there be a demand for birth control?
Human beings are creators, flinging powerful images into the minds of their fellow men. And all of these images are built of tiny particles of thought.
Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own.
But without doubts, without a standpoint reached through questionings, human beings can't acquire knowledge.
There is also hope that even in these days of increasing specialization there is a unity in the human experience.
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
When there is liberty, you expect a higher degree of freedom and not human rights abuse.
The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings.
I think it's the human spirit inside of all of us that has an enormous capacity to survive.
The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.
Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.
The human spirit collapses not when it is deprived of food but when it is denied a dream. - Andy Paula, LifeBeyondNumbers
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.
