Human Quotes
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The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
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If they do not share equally enjoyments and toils, those who labor much and get little will necessarily complain of those who labor little and receive or consume much. But indeed there is always a difficulty in men living together and having all human relations in common, but especially in their having common property.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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I think what human beings need is to be able to laugh at the absurd, hold on to ambiguity, and learn to love nuance, instead of making everything one or the other, and structurally, so much of the Internet and online publishing doesn't have room for any of that.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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I will never tire of repeating this: what the poor need the most is not pity but love. They need to feel respect for their human dignity, which is neither less nor different from the dignity of any other human being.
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Social struggles have been taking place throughout millennia, since human beings, by resorting to wars, were able to take hold of a surplus production to satisfy the essential needs of life.
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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.
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Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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My style in diplomacy is my style as a human being - I'm very direct and very honest.
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No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.
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The general notions about human understanding...which are illustrated by discoveries in atomic physics are not in the nature of things wholly unfamiliar, wholly unheard of, or new. Even in our own culture, they have a history, and in Buddhist and Hindu thought a more considerable and central place. What we shall find is an exemplification, an encouragement, and a refinement of old wisdom.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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The State is, and always has been, the great single enemy of the human race, its liberty, happiness, and progress.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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I would love to work with Raju Hirani. I never thought I would have a wish-list of directors as such, but after seeing the consistency of his storylines and the human touch he gets in his film, I would love to work with him.
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
