The Human Condition Quotes
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.
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
Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.
You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects 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.
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.
Scientific reality is the modern human condition, and you can see that in the symbolic nature of my work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In God becoming human in Jesus Christ, God has established solidarity with 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.
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.
We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition.
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.
I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.
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 human condition ... is defined by the aspiration to always supersede oneself, which in turn requires nonconformity.
I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about 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.
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.
In every age the wisest have passed the identical judgment on life: it is worthless.
I think music is a lifting force, I think love is the lifting force in the human condition. I think you see someone loving on their child, and it moves you, and you can't help it.
Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For me, comedy is a day-to-day report on the human condition. It's what's happening right now. I get maybe 20 minutes of my act straight from the newspaper.
As long as greed, stupidity and cowardice remain a part of the human condition, there will be a constituency for Democrats.
Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.
Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow.
Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation.
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.
It seems to be part of the human condition to need someone you can look down on. I still don't get that one.
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.
