What Is It To Be Human Quotes

You cannot force growth of human life and civilization, any more than you can force these slow-growing trees. That is the economy of Almighty God, that all good growth is slow growth.

Have you ever considered what anxious thought, what consummate knowledge of human nature, what dearly-bought experiences go into the making of an advertisement?

I'd so much rather have exciting architecture that causes one to stop, breathe, and reflect on the potential of the human mind, the craft, and exploring things.

All human love is a holy thing, the holiest thing in our experience.

The human heart has a sigh lonelier than the cry of the bittern.

Any unchecked impulse does, within the human body and psyche, lead to the destruction of the organism.

Kids are always the only future the human race has.

How well that human potential has been fulfilled over the years by people with a deep and abiding connection to Pennsylvania.

Nature her custom holds, Let shame say what it will.

Learning itself is a fulfilling adventure at all points in the process. In fact, psychologists have listed learning as one of the basic, universal joys of human experience.

A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.

On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing is solitude

On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive Fair trains of images before me rise, Accompanied by feelings of delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed.

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

I love the human mind.

I think psychology would be an easy transition and figuring out the human mind somehow.

Human nature is what Heaven supplies.

Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.

Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.

I don't particularly consider myself just an artist. I'm a woman - I'm a human being.

You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and life and this planet, the universe, the whole shebang.

We will not keep silent, even if the Formula One is taking place. We will protest for human rights and freedom.

You can't use your camera as a shield against human suffering.

The most outstanding manifestation of negative growth in the spiritual, mental and physical health of the human race through eons of evolution is the pride of place that has been given to Guilt.

It's human nature to want to be with other people.

It's strange because a lot of people are like, 'You can't change human nature-people are inherently negative.' I don't think that's true. If you expect the best from people, they'll step up.

It's nice that there are movies and songs about romance - it's what motivates us as human beings. I'm all for being brainwashed by rom-coms.

When I look in the mirror I see my parents' sacrifices being honored. I see the love from which I was created and the power of the human spirit.

If life really begins at forty, then all poor people die in their teens.

To insult someone we call him 'besti*l'. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.

To insult someone we call him 'besti*l. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.

The human body is not necessarily a human being.

The Human Self is the only friend and savior to all humanity.

You missed it when you pay more attention to the damaged car in the mechanic shop than the sick human being in the hospital.

Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.

Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.

A person without a purpose is a human being merely breathing because he does not know where he is, let alone knowing where he is going. Purposelessness is lifelessness.

Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enough to beat the honest men and hang up them.

When loving with human love one may pass from love to hatred, but divine love cannot change.

In the end, the innate desire of all people for truth, justice, and human understanding must triumph over ignorance and despair.

People are wonderful one at a time. Each one of them has an entire hologram of the universe somewhere within them.

Human beings must be known to be loved but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.

To err is human, to purr is feline.

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

Yes, there is no good pretending, it is hard to leave everything.

There is no God in Buddha’s teachings. There is no religious ritual in Buddha’s teachings. All that there is, is simple “Karma” or “Work” – that is the “Dhamma” or “Duty” or “Religion” he preached.

The human mind is often, and I think it is for the most part, in a state neither of pain nor pleasure, which I call a state of indifference.