403 quotes found
“We are human only in contact, and conviviality, with what is not human.”
“The problem is this: nature has assembled all these species on this planet. The human species is no more important than any other species on this planet. For some reason, man accorded himself a sup...”
“More than the disappearing trees and roses, its the human tendency to suppress the Natural Voice of the Natures Man which is sorrowful.”
“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”
“I think that we are like stars. Something happens to burst us open; but when we burst open and think we are dying; were actually turning into a supernova. And then when we look at ourselves again, ...”
“The problem with todays world is that were so used to fucking labels we must identify as something, whatever, anything but HUMANS.The day we stop this obsession with male, female, black, white, god...”
“You make me feel too human, Joe. All I want is peace and quiet, not love. I'm a tired old lady, Joe, and I don't mind being what you call "half dead." In fact it's what I like. The twice I was in l...”
“It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us.”
“You wanted to feel alive, right? It doesn't matter if you're monster or human. Living hurts.”
“If people reach perfection they vanish, you know.”
“He would pray...for everyone who knew pain, which meant everyone who wore a human face.”
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
“A sin is nothing more than regret. Not for doing it once, but doing it again when you know youre going to regret it.”
“There will come a time when people will realize the greatest mysteries of the universe: will a human then meet anything other than himself?”
“In the frame of a known phenomenon of life, a human could be defined as the only proven thinking creature.”
“Ask a deeply religious Christian if hed rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless net...”
“IT IS QUITE ENOUGH IF A HUMAN BEING HAS BUT ONE FIELD WHERE HE OR SHE IS STRONG. IF A HUMAN BEING WERE STRONG IN EVERY FIELD, IT WOULDN'T BE NICE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, WOULD IT?”
“The human currency of praise is Monopoly money. It feels great for a moment to collect, but when the game is over, it's worthless.”
