Condition Quotes
I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.
Our sufferings and weaknesses, in so far as they are personal, are of no literary interest whatsoever. They are only interesting in so far as we can see them as typical of the human condition.
In every aspect of life, purity and holiness, cleanliness and refinement, exalt the human condition . . . Even in the physical realm, cleanliness will conduce to spirituality.
It would be wonderful if people could grow together in groups, teaching and learning communities where they empower, evoke, explore the enormous capacities of the human condition.
I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection.
To end the misery that has afflicted the human condition for thousands of years, you have to start with yourself and take responsibility for you inner state at any given moment. That means now
You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition.
Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.
It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
Scientific reality is the modern human condition, and you can see that in the symbolic nature of my work.
Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position.
The human condition is not served by our technical ability to transmit a televised image around the world - if that image is totally inane.
The news media in general are liberal. If you want to be a reporter, you are going to see poverty and misery, and you have to be involved in the human condition.
Changes in human conditions are brought about by the pioneering of the cleverest and most energetic men. They take the lead and the rest of mankind follows them little by little.
Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to be, if there's joy there's its opposite, and it's something you ride if you possibly can.
Nasr combines in his writing audacious intellectual criticism, deep understanding of Islam... and a commitment to the Western-European contributions to the emancipation of the human condition.
To aspiring writers, I say : Don't give up. Storytelling has been an integral part of the human condition since the beginning of time. Don't let anyone tell you your dreams don't have value. They do.
We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition.
The older I grow, the more I realize how unfit we are for relationships. We are all such antagonists. It's part of the human condition to be deeply unfaithful to constancy. I do believe that.
I look at life, the experiences I've had, at the human condition, the dynamics between people, the news (world news), and draw from the compelling realities all around us.
It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are.
I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.
In God becoming human in Jesus Christ, God has established solidarity with the human condition.
The human condition ... is defined by the aspiration to always supersede oneself, which in turn requires nonconformity.
I read novels for entertainment rather than for edification, so I tend not to read the sort of novels that are said to illuminate the human condition.
The Yogic path is about disentangling the built-in glitches of the human condition, which I'm going to over-simply define here as the heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment.
I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition.
Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.
I have never quite understood - and this is no doubt my failing - I never quite understood why you would read fiction to understand the human condition.
There is a kind of universality in the human condition, masculine or feminine. That's one thing I continue to believe.
As long as greed, stupidity and cowardice remain a part of the human condition, there will be a constituency for Democrats.
If a man has lived in a tradition which tells him that nothing can be done about his human condition, to believe that progress is possible may well be the greatest revolution of all.
Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow.
There was no cure for the human condition because every man read the present and plotted the future in the light of his own past.
I love the grandiosity, how sweepingly entertaining films can be. And I think there's a place for films that pry more into the human condition.
Sometime you just need to be silent, have a drink and crack a smile or somethin', because the human condition, in general, is just overwhelming in so many ways.
It seems to be part of the human condition to need someone you can look down on. I still don't get that one.
When a show becomes a mega hit internationally, you lose a lot of privacy, you become a hider. It's not a human condition we are exposed to very often.
Both the Freudian and the Platonic metaphors emphasize the considerable independence of and tension among the constituent parts of the psyche, a point that characterizes the human condition.