Quotes Tagged "human"

We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?

Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.

Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

To hurt is as human as to breathe.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?

If I am to be fallen into love, I will. And if as a result I will appear to be stupid, disillusioned, and of poor judgment, I will. And I would be damned if I cared what other people think. For I would rather be thought of as all of these things, than not love. If in loving, I become the naked woman on the horse, I will ride that horse with my head held high. This is my spirit. I am unbreakable.

Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people.