Human Quotes - page 87

This is a human form in which every Divine entity, every Divine principle, that is to say, all the names and forms ascribed by man to God, are manifest... You are very fortunate that you have the chance to experiences the bliss of the vision of the form, which is the form of all gods, now, in this life itself. (Sathya Sai Baba)
Human intellect is natures attempt at self criticism. View quote
Muhammad Iqbal
In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body. View quote
Barbara De Angelis
What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning. View quote
Barbara De Angelis
The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe. View quote
Michio Kaku
The "flow of information" through human communication channels is enormous. So far no theory exists, to our knowledge, which attributes any sort of unambiguous measure to this "flow." View quote
Anatol Rapoport
Many times I hear the phrase "the dance of life". It is an expression that touches me deeply, for the instrument through which the dance speaks is also the instrument through which life is lived - the human body. View quote
Martha Graham
I think we need to change that old saying, "I don't need a building to fall on me." Because two did and we still don't get it. I think we all stick our head in the sand as a deep human impulse. View quote
Bill Maher
How embarrassing it is to be human. View quote
Kurt Vonnegut
The most important message of a crucifix, to me anyway, was how unspeakably cruel supposedly sane human beings can be when under orders from a superior authority. View quote
Kurt Vonnegut
Iran should not be denied the human right to knowledge...the fear of America is Iran's attitude to Israel, and the cornerstone of America's foreign policy is the protection of Israel... If Iran believes in Allah, and if Iran believes in the power of Allah, Iran can't be frightened by America. (Louis Farrakhan)
Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority. View quote
Christopher Hitchens
Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. View quote
Christopher Hitchens
I found I could extinguish all human hope from my soul. View quote
Arthur Rimbaud
It is still in the lap of the gods whether a society can succeed which is based on "civil liberties and human rights" conceived as I have tried to describe them; but of one thing at least we may be sure: the alternatives that have so far appeared have been immeasurably worse. View quote
Learned Hand
Never for a moment do we lay aside our mistrust of the ideals established by society, and of the convictions which are kept by it in circulation. We always know that society is full of folly and will deceive us in the matter of humanity. ... humanity meaning consideration for the existence and the happiness of individual human beings. View quote
Albert Schweitzer
The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics. View quote
Albert Schweitzer
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings. View quote
Albert Schweitzer
Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose. View quote
Albert Schweitzer
One trembles to think of that mysterious thing in the soul, which seems to acknowledge no human jurisdiction, but in spite of the individual's own innocent self, will still dream horrid dreams, and mutter unmentionable thoughts. View quote
Herman Melville
Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing. (John Stuart Mill)
The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor has any reason to fear from thrust back, by the efforts of others to push themselves forward. View quote
John Stuart Mill
You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York. View quote
William Lyon Phelps
It's my duty as a human being to be pissed off. View quote
Eric Bogosian
I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now. View quote
Peter McWilliams