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 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.
I'd like to feel that an advertiser gets something extra when they advertise with us - a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories.
My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
I believe innately in the human spirit being a powerful and positive thing. And that just comes out, whether you like it or not. It comes out in the writing.
After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.
Human behavior is only unpredictable and dangerous if you don’t start from humanity in the first place.
What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?
...human beings dream of life everlasting. But most of them want it on earth and not in heaven.
