Being Human Quotes

Aesthetic life is not something sophisticated - that's a humanistic lie. Aesthetic life is as integral to being human as building sandcastles on the beach and giving your children names.

Let's all help each other be a little bit better at being human beings.

If you don't have imagination, you stop being human; animals don't have imagination; Alzheimer's is the death of imagination.

Adversity is a natural part of being human. It is the height of arrogance to prescribe a moral code or health regimen or spiritual practice as an amulet to keep things from falling apart.

Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable.

Being human is a complicated gig. So give that ol' dark night of the soul a hug. Howl the eternal yes!

Creativity is our birthright. It is an integral part of being human, as basic as walking, talking and thinking.

Only you can take responsibility for your happiness..but you can't do it alone. It's the great paradox of being human.

Being human is the most terrible loneliness in the universe.

This is the most exciting part of being human. It is using our brains in the highest way. Otherwise we are just healthy animals

What a bummer it is to be a human being.

Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.

Communal well-being is central to human life.

We are all here to be a service to those who can't be a service to themselves. We can give people hope and more reasons for being human.

Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress.

You are human, you will make mistakes, and it's one of the most beautiful things about being human, but you must learn from your mistakes, otherwise your life will have a lot of unnecessary pain.

The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.

I've made mistakes, I've misspoke, I am sure I will again sometime, but that happens, that's part of being human in my book. I'm OK with that. I've never done it maliciously, ever.

I believe anybody who tells you he is unbiased is a liar. Being human gives you bias, and you can't avoid that. The best you can ever hope to be is fair.

How I wish I could hug everyone and tell them that it's okay. It's okay to be scared and angry and hurt and selfish. It's part of being human.

Everything has a beginning and an end. Life is just a cycle of starts and stops. There are ends we don't desire, but they're inevitable, we have to face them. It's what being human is all about.

The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone

Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?

One of the penalties of being a human being is other human beings.

The truth, of course, is that the only necessary and sufficient condition for human beings to murder one another is the simple fact of being human.

Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.

Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. Its the only way that I can do anything, even if Im quite useless. Its the only area in being human where I could be a little useful.

I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us.

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human.

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.

When people suffer, their relationships usually suffer as well. Period. And we all suffer because, as the Buddha says, that's the nature of being human and wanting stuff we don't always get.

Seduction is a matter of feelings and people opening themselves. I don't think it's something tricky - it's being human. And everybody is seduced by something different.

Being human means having doubts and yet still continuing on your path.

It may be hyperbolic to declare that Shakespeare teaches us more about being human than all the natural scientists combined.

Is it easier for a man to live his life again as a fish, than to accept the wonder of being human? So alone, so frightened, so wanting for what we are afraid to give tongue to.

When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing.

I really feel the need to create an alternate world, a vision of what might be magical and beautiful and fantastic about being human.

Bernie Sanders is all about being humane and loving to each other.

It's shocking the things we call love.

No lifetime is long enough for those ... who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.

If you have superpowers and no one can actually cause you any physical harm, then everything has to be very thought-through. You almost have to fake at being human.

The essence of being human is being creative.

… but only because exhaustion is a life-sign; it is at least a form of being human.

There will be no more 'them and us', only us, sharing struggles and challenges as part of being human.

Part of being human is having a sense of humor.

Once you've achieved everything, there is nothing left. You take out the core of being human: the striving.

There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime.

If language is intimately related to being human, then when we study language we are, to a remarkable degree, studying human nature.

Being human means losing everything we love best in the world," she murmured as she released me. "But would you ask to be anything else?

Obviously the idea of being human is a very human idea.