human-beings

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ae0a77a	Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.	act acting actor actors adage adages animal animals aphorism aphorisms audacity axiom axioms balls be-yourself boldness brave bravery cojones conform conforming conformity courage courageous courageousness daring dead death deep dictum dictums die epigram epigrams facade façades fear fearful fearlessness fit-in fitting-in fruit fruits gallantry gnome gnomes grit guts hardihood heroism herself himself human human-being human-beings humans humor humour insightful inspiration inspirational inspire inspired intrepidity kill killed lemon lemons made-me-think make-you-think maxim maxims motivated motivational motive moxie murder murdered nerve nonconformity oneself orange people peoples person persons plant plants pluck pluckiness pretend pretender pretenders pretending produce profound proverb proverbs provoke-thought quotation quotations quote quotes satire satirical saying sayings self spunk standing-out standout themselves thought-provoking thoughtful tree trees true-grit valour words-to-live-by yourself	Mokokoma Mokhonoana
aa4d12d	It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.	american-psycho conclusion crime cruel demons epiphany evil gore horror human-beings human-nature humanity humans life living murder murderer murderers psycho psychopath quote serial-killer serial-killers society the-world theory	Bret Easton Ellis
91ad563	When they face desperation... human beings become animals.	human-beings	Dan Brown
f6f1821	Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. But if you're surrounded by people who say 'I want mine now,' you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it.	human-beings potential shortsightedness society truth	Mitch Albom
362b88a	Individual cultures and ideologies have their appropriate uses but none of them erase or replace the universal experiences, like love and weeping and laughter, common to all human beings.	angel-art anti-racism antiracism appropriate-application coexistence common-ground cultural-boundaries cultural-demographics cultural-differences cultural-heritage cultural-literacy cultural-relativism demographics diversity ending-violent-jihad ending-war faith-in-humanity faith-in-love human-beings human-condition humanity ideologies ideology ideology-religion-war-compromise interfaith-dialogue joy joy-of-life laughter love-for-humanity multiculturalism multiculturalismo nonviolent-conflict-resolution peacism philosophy-for-millennials race-relations racial-division racial-identity social-philosophy sociological-imagination spiritual-philosophy universal universal-love universal-truths universality waging-peace weeping	Aberjhani
d10c073	"Because human beings suffer so much more than ducks." "You might not think so if you were a duck."	human-beings suffer	Michel Faber
ecb0d30	Novelists when they write novels tend to take an almost godlike attitude toward their subject, pretending to a total comprehension of the story, a man's life, which they can therefore recount as God Himself might, nothing standing between them and the naked truth, the entire story meaningful in every detail. I am as little able to do this as the novelist is, even though my story is more important to me than any novelist's is to him - for this is my story; it is the story of a man, not of an invented, or possible, or idealized, or otherwise absent figure, but of a unique being of flesh and blood, Yet, what a real living human being is made of seems to be less understood today than at any time before, and men - each one of whom represents a unique and valuable experiment on the part of nature - are therefore shot wholesale nowadays. If we were not something more than unique human beings, if each one of us could really be done away with once and for all by a single bullet, storytelling would lose all purpose. But every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way and never again. That is why every man's story is important, eternal, sacred; that is why every man, as long as he lives and fulfills the will of nature, is wondrous, and worthy of every consideration. In each individual the spirit has become flesh, in each man the creation suffers, within each one a redeemer is nailed to the cross.	hermann-hesse human-beings novel religion story	Hermann Hesse
c50b8df	" Poor little old human beings - they're jerked into this world without having any idea where they came from or what it is they are supposed to do, or how long they have to do it in. Or where they are gonna wind up after that. But bless their hearts, most of them wake up every morning and keep on trying to make some sense out of it. Why, you can't help but love them, can you? I just wonder why more of them aren't as crazy as betsy bugs. " Aunt Elner, 1978"	human-beings life	Fannie Flagg
7716a71	When we look back, it becomes clear that the acts and accomplishments of human beings are the signatures of history. Human signatures have created an enormous chasm between the joyeous light of the age of the Renaissance to the dark shadow of September 11, 2001. Those of us living on that fateful day experienced the lower depths of mankind. As an author, avid reader, world traveler, and person of enormous curiosity, my life experiences have taught me that discord often erupts from a lack of knowledge and education. To discourage future dark moments, I believe we must nourish the minds of our young with learning that creates understanding between ethnic and religious groups. Perhaps understanding will lead to a marvelous day when we take a last fleeting look at violence so harmful to so many. I sincerely believe that nothing will further the cause of peace more than the education of our young. I would like for readers to know that a percentage of the profits from the sale of this book will be devoted to the cause of education. May all roads lead to peace.	human-beings knowledge peace religious tolerance understanding world-peace	Jean Sasson
7cc6ff4	The trouble with this dog is that it has grown too close to human beings, it will suffer as they do.	dogs human-beings pain suffering	José Saramago
3c980fa	Humans could never accept the world as it was and live in it. They were always breaking it and living amongst the shattered pieces.	break earth force human-beings humankind humans live method mold nature remake shatter style way	Robin Hobb
c321e55	The instinct of self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at the bottom they are perfectly aware by declaring them nonexistent, and a warning such as mine against cheap optimism was bound to prove particularly unwelcome at a moment when a sumptuously laid supper was awaiting for us in the next room.	awaiting aware awareness banish cheap-optimism cowardice danger dangers food human-beings humanity instinct nonexistent optimism self-deception supper unwelcome warning	Stefan Zweig
90b0fcd	Look,' said Tyrena. 'In twentieth-century Old Earth, a fast food chain took dead cow meat, fried it in grease, added carcinogens, wrapped it in petroleum-based foam, and sold nine hundred billion units. Human beings. Go figure.	health human-beings logic meat	Dan Simmons
1e5711f	We're better off not worrying about ourselves, and to do that, we have to worry about others.	compassion human-beings landry life others ourselves pearl-in-the-mist thoughtful v-c-andrews worrying	V.C. Andrews
9d48352	Women are human beings and have a right to control their own bodies. When that is denied, they are not free.	freedom human-beings rights women	George Lakoff
b63582a	But death, too, had the power to awe, she knew this now-that a human being could be alive for years and years, thinking and breathing and eating, full of a million worries and feelings and thoughts, taking up space in the world, and then, in an instant, become absent, invisible.	death feelings human human-beings life love meditation power silence thoughts worries years	Jhumpa Lahiri
f1f15d6	Why, Mr. Anderson?, Why, why?. Why do you do it? Why, why get up?. Why keep fighting?. Do you believe you're fighting...for something?. For more than your survival?. Can you tell me what it is?. Do you even know?; Is it freedom?, Or truth?. Perhaps peace?. Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although... only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now, You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson?. Why?, Why do you persist?. Agent Smith ( Matrix Revolutions Movie, 2003 ).	existence fight freedom human-beings illusions love matrix passion perception persistence survival survival-instinct truth why why-we-live win	William Irwin

ae0a77a

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

act acting actor actors adage adages animal animals aphorism aphorisms audacity axiom axioms balls be-yourself boldness brave bravery cojones conform conforming conformity courage courageous courageousness daring dead death deep dictum dictums die epigram epigrams facade façades fear fearful fearlessness fit-in fitting-in fruit fruits gallantry gnome gnomes grit guts hardihood heroism herself himself human human-being human-beings humans humor humour insightful inspiration inspirational inspire inspired intrepidity kill killed lemon lemons made-me-think make-you-think maxim maxims motivated motivational motive moxie murder murdered nerve nonconformity oneself orange people peoples person persons plant plants pluck pluckiness pretend pretender pretenders pretending produce profound proverb proverbs provoke-thought quotation quotations quote quotes satire satirical saying sayings self spunk standing-out standout themselves thought-provoking thoughtful tree trees true-grit valour words-to-live-by yourself

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

aa4d12d

It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.

american-psycho conclusion crime cruel demons epiphany evil gore horror human-beings human-nature humanity humans life living murder murderer murderers psycho psychopath quote serial-killer serial-killers society the-world theory

Bret Easton Ellis

91ad563

When they face desperation... human beings become animals.

human-beings

Dan Brown

f6f1821

Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. But if you're surrounded by people who say 'I want mine now,' you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it.

human-beings potential shortsightedness society truth

Mitch Albom

362b88a

Individual cultures and ideologies have their appropriate uses but none of them erase or replace the universal experiences, like love and weeping and laughter, common to all human beings.

angel-art anti-racism antiracism appropriate-application coexistence common-ground cultural-boundaries cultural-demographics cultural-differences cultural-heritage cultural-literacy cultural-relativism demographics diversity ending-violent-jihad ending-war faith-in-humanity faith-in-love human-beings human-condition humanity ideologies ideology ideology-religion-war-compromise interfaith-dialogue joy joy-of-life laughter love-for-humanity multiculturalism multiculturalismo nonviolent-conflict-resolution peacism philosophy-for-millennials race-relations racial-division racial-identity social-philosophy sociological-imagination spiritual-philosophy universal universal-love universal-truths universality waging-peace weeping

Aberjhani

d10c073

"Because human beings suffer so much more than ducks." "You might not think so if you were a duck."

human-beings suffer

Michel Faber

ecb0d30

Novelists when they write novels tend to take an almost godlike attitude toward their subject, pretending to a total comprehension of the story, a man's life, which they can therefore recount as God Himself might, nothing standing between them and the naked truth, the entire story meaningful in every detail. I am as little able to do this as the novelist is, even though my story is more important to me than any novelist's is to him - for this is my story; it is the story of a man, not of an invented, or possible, or idealized, or otherwise absent figure, but of a unique being of flesh and blood, Yet, what a real living human being is made of seems to be less understood today than at any time before, and men - each one of whom represents a unique and valuable experiment on the part of nature - are therefore shot wholesale nowadays. If we were not something more than unique human beings, if each one of us could really be done away with once and for all by a single bullet, storytelling would lose all purpose. But every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way and never again. That is why every man's story is important, eternal, sacred; that is why every man, as long as he lives and fulfills the will of nature, is wondrous, and worthy of every consideration. In each individual the spirit has become flesh, in each man the creation suffers, within each one a redeemer is nailed to the cross.

hermann-hesse human-beings novel religion story

Hermann Hesse

c50b8df

" Poor little old human beings - they're jerked into this world without having any idea where they came from or what it is they are supposed to do, or how long they have to do it in. Or where they are gonna wind up after that. But bless their hearts, most of them wake up every morning and keep on trying to make some sense out of it. Why, you can't help but love them, can you? I just wonder why more of them aren't as crazy as betsy bugs. " Aunt Elner, 1978"

human-beings life

Fannie Flagg

7716a71

When we look back, it becomes clear that the acts and accomplishments of human beings are the signatures of history. Human signatures have created an enormous chasm between the joyeous light of the age of the Renaissance to the dark shadow of September 11, 2001. Those of us living on that fateful day experienced the lower depths of mankind. As an author, avid reader, world traveler, and person of enormous curiosity, my life experiences have taught me that discord often erupts from a lack of knowledge and education. To discourage future dark moments, I believe we must nourish the minds of our young with learning that creates understanding between ethnic and religious groups. Perhaps understanding will lead to a marvelous day when we take a last fleeting look at violence so harmful to so many. I sincerely believe that nothing will further the cause of peace more than the education of our young. I would like for readers to know that a percentage of the profits from the sale of this book will be devoted to the cause of education. May all roads lead to peace.

human-beings knowledge peace religious tolerance understanding world-peace

Jean Sasson

7cc6ff4

The trouble with this dog is that it has grown too close to human beings, it will suffer as they do.

dogs human-beings pain suffering

José Saramago

3c980fa

Humans could never accept the world as it was and live in it. They were always breaking it and living amongst the shattered pieces.

break earth force human-beings humankind humans live method mold nature remake shatter style way

Robin Hobb

c321e55

The instinct of self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at the bottom they are perfectly aware by declaring them nonexistent, and a warning such as mine against cheap optimism was bound to prove particularly unwelcome at a moment when a sumptuously laid supper was awaiting for us in the next room.

awaiting aware awareness banish cheap-optimism cowardice danger dangers food human-beings humanity instinct nonexistent optimism self-deception supper unwelcome warning

Stefan Zweig

90b0fcd

Look,' said Tyrena. 'In twentieth-century Old Earth, a fast food chain took dead cow meat, fried it in grease, added carcinogens, wrapped it in petroleum-based foam, and sold nine hundred billion units. Human beings. Go figure.

health human-beings logic meat

Dan Simmons

1e5711f

We're better off not worrying about ourselves, and to do that, we have to worry about others.

compassion human-beings landry life others ourselves pearl-in-the-mist thoughtful v-c-andrews worrying

V.C. Andrews

9d48352

Women are human beings and have a right to control their own bodies. When that is denied, they are not free.

freedom human-beings rights women

George Lakoff

b63582a

But death, too, had the power to awe, she knew this now-that a human being could be alive for years and years, thinking and breathing and eating, full of a million worries and feelings and thoughts, taking up space in the world, and then, in an instant, become absent, invisible.

death feelings human human-beings life love meditation power silence thoughts worries years

Jhumpa Lahiri

f1f15d6

Why, Mr. Anderson?, Why, why?. Why do you do it? Why, why get up?. Why keep fighting?. Do you believe you're fighting...for something?. For more than your survival?. Can you tell me what it is?. Do you even know?; Is it freedom?, Or truth?. Perhaps peace?. Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although... only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now, You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson?. Why?, Why do you persist?. Agent Smith ( Matrix Revolutions Movie, 2003 ).

existence fight freedom human-beings illusions love matrix passion perception persistence survival survival-instinct truth why why-we-live win

William Irwin