Human affinity to human weakness surpasses human affinity to human strength
The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still.
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.
Wisdom is not guaranteed with age but is realized through one's sensitivity to humanity and the universe
Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and greatest weakness.
Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is p...
God’s revelation does not need the light of human genius, the polish and strength of human culture, the brilliancy of human thought, the force of human brains to adorn or enforce it; but it does demand the simplicity, the docility, humility, and fa...
Is it not possible that my activity as an objective observer of nature will weaken my strength as a human being?
To be human is, primarily, to embrace that we are human with strengths and weaknesses, and that our humanity is preordained to seek the Truth, Good and Beauty as part of our humanity. To be human is to be an agent of peace, justice, and reconciliatio...
Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.
Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.
The human body is robust. It can gather strength when it's in mortal danger.
Learning what all you can overcome as a person, as a human being, is very important. It's very important to understand your strength. Which is not to say you become hardened or bitter.
In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
Most of us, I believe, admire strength. It's something we tend to respect in others, desire for ourselves, and wish for our children. Sometimes, though, I wonder if we confuse strength with other words—like 'aggression' and even 'violence'. Real st...
Someone's weaknesses are the strength which allows them to be human.
The pattern recognition theory of mind that I articulate in this book is based on a different fundamental unit: not the neuron itself, but rather an assembly of neurons, which I estimate to number around a hundred. The wiring and synaptic strengths w...
When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression of your strength, it tends to no longer be a weakness.
The strength of a man isn't seen in the power of his arms. It's seen in the love with which he EMBRACES you.
If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities we all have. It is our humanity and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
