Quotes About Human

the law cannot respect the conscience of flesh-and-blood human beings unless it also recognizes conscience claims brought by the corporations they form.

The human will is one of the biggest idols of the church. Will power fuels religion.

She wondered whether her head were so big as to be able to contain all this starry universe, or whether the universe were so little that it would fit within the compass of her human head.

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind,

The ordinary modes of human thinking are magical, religious, social, and personal. We want our wishes to come true; we want the universe to care about us; we want the approval of those around us; we want to get even with that s.o.b. who insulted us at the last tribal council. For most people, wanting to know the cold truth about the world is way, way down the list.

The human mind evolved always in the company of the human body, and of the animal body before it was human. The intricate connections of mind and body must exceed our imagination, as from our point of view we are peculiarly prevented from observing them.

Now in many cases—too many cases—the activity of the immature human being is simply played upon to secure habits which are useful. He is trained like an animal rather than educated like a human being.

If humanity has made some headway in realizing that the ultimate value of every institution is its distinctively human effect—its effect upon conscious experience—we may well believe that this lesson has been learned largely through dealings with the young.

For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.

All human things are subject to decay, and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of our responsibility.

I need to take a break from this life as a human for 45 minutes and go experience a little bit of immortality.

It is tragic and sad and chaotic and lovely. All life is the same, as citizens of the human State: the animating limits are within, to be killed and mourned, over and over again.

The brain is conceded to be the master organ of the body, the regulator of life, the source of human progress.

… but only because exhaustion is a life-sign; it is at least a form of being human.

To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life.

The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature.

Each human being has the right to two blessings, which are: the blessing to do right, and the blessing to err. In the latter case, there is always a path of learning leading to the right way.

To me, the human experience does involve a great deal of anguish. It's joyful, but it's bittersweet. I just think that's life.

St. Peter, on my judgment day, will not ask me about the B-2 or my defense votes. He will ask me about my vote to protect innocent human life.

This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into words.

The mystery lies in the use of language to express human life.

I have learned never to underestimate the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate - even when prospects seem most wretched. The life force may be the least understood force on earth.

I'm a human being, god-dammit. My life has value!