What Is It To Be Human Quotes
Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Mecca, in Arabia the man who, of all men exercised the greatest influence upon the human race . . . Mohammed . . .
Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.
You first parents of the human race...who ruined yourself for an apple, what might you have done for a truffled turkey?
Every other creature on the planet is doing its best. Only human beings hesitate about that.
It's the next annihilation of vast numbers of species. It is happening now, and we, the human race, are its cause
Not what we have, but what we use, not what we see, but what we choose, these are the things that mar or bless the sum of human happiness.
There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole of life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.
It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart
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.
Knowing that we are fulfilling God's purpose is the only thing that gives rest to the restless human heart.
Bad cooks - and the utter lack of reason in the kitchen - have delayed human development longest and impaired it most.
Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.
Isn’t every human being both a scientist and an artist; and in writing of human experience, isn’t there a good deal to be said for recognizing that fact and for using both methods?
The history of the human race is the history of ordinary people who have overcome their fears and accomplished extraordinary things.
When the United States fought in Vietnam, it was organized modern technology versus organized human beings, and the human beings won.
Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within.
The position that God promised the church is to influence the society. We are to govern the attitude and the conduct and the motivation of the human race.
The human brain is generally regarded as a complex web of adaptations built into the nervous system, even though no one knows how.
There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
Philosophy stands in need of a science which shall determine the possibility, principles, and extent of human knowledge à priori.
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
All human development, no matter what form it takes, must be outside the rules; otherwise we would never have anything new.
It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.
The leech's kiss, the squid's embrace, The prurient ape's defiling touch: And do you like the human race? No, not much.
It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well.
Now is the time to take up the cause of the advancement of human rights for all and the moment is yours to grasp.
The greatness of nations is shown by their strict regard for human rights, rigid enforcement of the law without bias, and just administration of the affairs of life.
The life of every citizen is becoming a business. This, it seems to me, is one of the worst interpretations of the meaning of human life history has ever seen. Man's life is not a business.
It is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit
There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.
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.