Quotes About Human

Essentially all religions include decisive truths and mediators and miracles, but the disposition of these elements, the play of their proportions, can vary according to the conditions of the revelation and of the human receptacles of the revelation.

She looked at him. She thought that indeed he might love her, in some way. The love of one human being for another, which does not demand classification or mode.

Deeply rooted in the universalist Western tradition of the Stoics and the the early medieval Christians, Tolkien created a myth to explore the nature of the human person against the avaricious dreams of the capitalists and the diabolical schemes of the national and international socialists, all of whom would replace God with man.

The human mind demands intellectual expansion and expression."

Glancing up, Kendra saw a golden owl with a human face gazing down at her from a high limb, a tear sliding from one eye.

Cada ser humano posee un potencial para la oscuridad -- continuó diciendo el abuelo -- A lo largo de la vida adquirimos mucha práctica en optar por una o por otra.

Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.

I'm not good with relationships, Shallan." "Is there anyone who actually is? I mean, is there really someone out there who looks at relationships and thinks, 'You know what, I've got this'? Personally, I rather think we're all collectively idiots about it.

The best indication of what human beings will do is not what they think, but what the record says similar groups have done in the past.

A pox of unique human diseases--many of which cause an uncomfortable swelling--come upon you!

All right. Maybe I can get you one soul. Perhaps a tax collector...'cept they ain't human. Would they work? Or would you need, like, three of them to make up one normal person's soul? -Lift

Life as a human being is about posturing and influence.

I believe that human beings need humor during times of depression," M-Bot said.

He wasn't so frightening, for a Voidbringer. He must have been like … the Voidbringer all the other ones made fun of for wearing silly hats. The one that would correct all the others, and explain which fork they had to use when they sat down to consume human souls.

I didn't know enough about human politics to know who was correct, but I did know enough about politics in general to guess that everyone would interpret the law in the way that best suited themselves.

Oh!" Pattern said suddenly, bursting up from the bowl to hover in the air. "You were talking about mating! I'm to make sure you don't accidentally mate, as mating is forbidden by human society until you have first performed appropriate rituals! Yes, yes. Mmmm. Dictates of custom require following certain patterns before you copulate. I've been studying this!

Being a human was about making sense of chaos, finding meaning among the random elements of the world.

What was a prayer, if not creation? Making something where nothing existed. Creating a wish out of despair, a plea out of anguish. Bowing one's back before the Almighty, and forming humility from the empty pride of a human life.

I am human," the large beast said quietly.

I believe the most useful knowledge about human behavior is based on people's lived experiences.

Shame is universal and one of the most primitive human emotions that we experience. The only people who don't experience shame are those who lack the capacity for empathy and human connection.

I was also startled by the fact that research participants consistently described both joyfulness and gratitude as spiritual practices that were bound to a belief in human connectedness and a power greater than us.

But the more we're willing to seek out moments of collective joy and show up for experiences of collective pain—for real, in person, not online—the more difficult it becomes to deny our human connection, even with people we may disagree with.

Maps are the most important documents in human history. They give us tools to store and exchange knowledge about space and place.