Human Spirit Quotes

History is various and sinuous and no essential part of the human spirit is ever wholly absent from it.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country's spirit.

The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit.

The human spirit fails, except when the Holy Spirit fills.

[Chicago]: This vicious, stinking zoo, this mean-grinning, mace-smelling boneyard of a city: an elegant rockpile of a monument to everything cruel and stupid and corrupt in the human spirit.

The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.

Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive.

We have focused only on the negatives, and not enough on incredible stories of the human spirit and of rebirth and rebuilding. That's equally important as the tragedy.

To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.

It is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit

The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.

Architecture is essentially Human; it is the Human spirit manifesting itself. For when a Man builds, there, you've got him; you know exactly what, who and how that Man is.

The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit.

How has the human spirit ever survived the terrific literature with which it has had to contend?

The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit - a spirit that demands self-expression .

The entire annals of Observation probably do not elsewhere exhibit so extraordinary a verification of any theoretical conjecture adventured on by the human spirit!

Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.

A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.

We are not here for the sake of possessions, or of power. Or of happiness, but we are here to transfigure the divine out of human spirit.

The real enemy is the man who tries to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its wings.

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

The sea remains the greatest wilderness. To my mind, voyaging through wildernesses, be they full of woods or waves, is essential to the growth and maturity of the human spirit.

Whether it is considered from the viewpoint of its effect on society, or as one of the expressions of the human spirit, creativity stands out as an activity to be studied, cherished, and cultivated.

The object of mathematics is the honor of the human spirit.

Language is wild - you can't fence it or tell it what to do - and it's the same with people. Even under the worst excesses of Stalinism or consumerism, the human spirit will still express itself.

The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something.

It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that

No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

Self-pity is the most negative quality of the human spirit. Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.

Imagine what it might do to the human spirit to know that we have conquered hunger as a world wide societal issue?

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism.

Any theory intended to describe and analyze socio-historical reality cannot restrict itself to the human spirit and disregard the totality of human nature.

Enlightened Society is all about nurturing the human spirit - waking up to the goodness, kindness and strength that we already have.

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.

God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love.

The human spirit is nurtured by praise, as much as a seedling is nurtured by the soil, the water and the sun.

Celebrations infuse life with passion and purpose. They summon the human spirit.

It must surely be a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit that even a small number of those men and women in the hell of the prison system survive it and hold on to their humanity.

Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.

The science of pure mathematics, in its modern developments, may claim to be the most original creation of the human spirit.

Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy—love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit.

There is a geography of the human spirit, common to all peoples.

The anguish of death hangs over and leads the human spirit to wonder about the mysteries of existence, man's destiny, life, the world.

If in anything I have faith in something you could call the human spirit - I have faith it will always save itself at the last minute.

The only goal of science is the honour of the human spirit, and a question in number theory is worth a question concerning the system of the world.

Nothing is more powerful than the human spirit.

I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble.

Poverty is mean and degrading to the human spirit, whereas a life of conscious simplicity can have both a beauty and a functional integrity that elevates the human spirit.