Quotes About Human

I'm no angel.

While we're playing the analytical game, I want us also to play the Angels game. And for all these guys, who you are as a human being matters.

Man has been adjudged a social animal.

We are the only animal that tells stories.

I don't know that there's ever been a human spaceflight mission that did not have some anomaly.

Sometimes in the arenas it's hard to really feel that human connection just because you are so removed and so much further away from the crowd.

For all human sentiments there is a time of early blossoming, a day of generous enthusiasm that gradually fades until nothing is left of happiness but a memory, and glory is known for a delusion.

Dear doctor," said the good priest, "you will soon comprehend the grandeur of religion and the value of its practices; you will find its philosophy in human aspects far higher than that of the boldest sceptics.

Tout pouvoir humain est un composé de patience et de temps.

Existe en todos los sentimientos humanos una flor primitiva, engendrada por un noble entusiasmo, que va marchitándose poco a poco hasta que la felicidad no es ya sino un recuerdo, y la gloria una mentira.

for no greatness is so great that it can rise above the laws of human affection, or live beyond the jurisdiction of pain, as certain demagogues would have the people believe

Plus sa vie est infâme,plus l'homme y tient; elle est alors une protestation,une vengeance de tous les instants.

Il genio è pazienza, come ha detto Buffon. La pazienza è in effetti ciò che, nell'uomo, somiglia di più ai procedimenti che segue la natura quando crea. Che cos'è l'arte, signore? è la natura concentrata.»

Pride and resentment are not indigenous to the human heart; and perhaps it is due to the gardener's innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive.

Stripe for stripe is human law; "by His stripes we are healed" is superhuman, the result of a legislation as gracious as it is divine.

Superorganism, ideas, and the pecking order—these are the primary forces behind much of human creativity and earthly good. They are the holy trinity of the Lucifer Principle.

We can share hope with others. It's a powerful pillar in my life. In other words: Hope is not merely one person's dream in isolation. From the very beginning of human life on earth, hope has been a currency we can give and receive.

By introducing these elements at the outset, I wish to stress that all creative activity grows, first, out of the relationships between an individual and the objective world of work and, second, out of the ties between an individual and other human beings.

There is nothing more important than being a man, just a plain, ordinary, human man. I know you think Spartacus is something more than a man. He isn't. If he were, then he wouldn't be any good at all. There is no great mystery about Spartacus.

Sólo si ampliamos y reformulamos nuestra idea de lo que cuenta como intelecto humano podremos diseñar formas más apropiadas de evaluarlo y educarlo.

Gruber speaks of an "evolving systems" approach to the study of creativity: that is, one monitors simultaneously the organization of knowledge in a domain, the purpose(s) pursued by the creator, and the affective experiences he or she undergoes. While these systems are only "loosely coupled," their interaction over time helps one understand the ebb and flow of creative activity over the course of a productive human life.

Do days exist without calendars? Does time pass when there are no human hands left to wind the clocks?

Steven Toulmin's very insightful analysis and critique of Kuhn is found in his outstanding analysis of conceptual change Human Understanding: The Collective Use and Evaluation of Human Concepts (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1972

In the morning, look out and let the landscape take up full residence in your heart before all is intervened by the sound of human voices.