Being Human Quotes

• Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

  Tony Robbins

  Perfect, Trying, Example

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.594, Simon and Schuster

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• This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Morning

  Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, “The Guest House”

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• Mastery of life is not a question of control, but of finding a balance between human and being...Human is form. Being is formless. Human and Being are not separate but interwoven.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Balance, Mastery, Life Is

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• You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman.

  Eldridge Cleaver

  Teacher, People, Justice

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• The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

  George Orwell

  Life, Wisdom, Believe

  Shooting an Elephant 'Reflections on Gandhi'

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• As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has-or ever will have-something inside that is unique to all time.

  Fred Rogers

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.19, Penguin

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• This is the most exciting part of being human. It is using our brains in the highest way. Otherwise we are just healthy animals

  Edwin Land

  Health, Science, Animal

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• It's not wrong to be upset. It's not wrong to cry. It's not wrong to want attention. It's not even wrong to scream or throw a fit. What is wrong is to keep it all inside. What is wrong is to blame and punish yourself for simply being human. What is wrong is to never be heard and to be alone in your pain. Share it. Let it out.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Pain, Recovery, Being Alone

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• Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.

  Al Franken

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Al Franken (2002). “Oh, the Things I Know!”, p.14, Penguin

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• Without emotion, what's the point of being human?

  Marie Lu

  Emotion, Humans

  Marie Lu (2013). “Champion: A Legend Novel”, p.115, Penguin

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• I am only human, although I regret it.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Regret, Humorous

  Mark Twain (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations”, p.5, Courier Corporation

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• More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of whether we have a religious framework or not. When we nurture this most basic human resource - when we set about cultivating those basic inner values which we all appreciate in others, then we start to live spiritually.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Kindness, Appreciate

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• Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.

  Jacqueline Novogratz

  Jobs, Perfection, Thought Provoking

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• I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  "Every Person Has a Purpose" by Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. November 2009.

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• If being human requires freedom, then enslavement to the cares of this world is dehumanizing.

  Tony Campolo

  World, Care, Humans

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• You don’t need to be a completely complete human right now … That’s what makes you human.

  Tavi Gevinson

  Inspirational, Funny, Being Yourself

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• No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance.

  Maya Angelou

  Ignorance, African American, Humanity

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Feb 21, 2010

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• To be fully human is...to know that it's possible to face the unimaginable and somehow put one foot in front of the other.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Feet, Faces, Humans

  FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Sep 06, 2011

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• We are unusual and tragic and alive.

  Dave Eggers

  Life, People, Alive

  Dave Eggers (2013). “A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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• Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Life, Happiness, Smile

  "The Will to Power". Book by Friedrich Nietzsche, 1888.

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• I don't like human nature, but I do like human beings.

  Ellen Glasgow

  Humanity, Human Nature, Humans

  Ellen Glasgow, (2013). “In This Our Life”, p.144, Read Books Ltd

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• Being human is a lot more difficult than being on tour.

  Trent Reznor

  Difficult, Humans

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• God does not cause our misfortunes. Some are caused by bad luck, some are caused by bad people, and some are simply an inevitable consequence of our being human and being mortal. living in a world of inflexible natural laws. The painful things that happen to us are not punishments for our misbehavior, nor are they in any way part of some grand design on God's part. Because the tragedy is not God's will, we need not feel hurt or betrayed by God when tragedy strikes. We can turn to Him for help in overcoming it, precisely because we can tell ourselves that God is as outraged by it as we are.

  Harold S. Kushner

  Hurt, Healing, Law

  Harold S Kushner (2011). “When Bad Things Happen to Good People: 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.159, Pan Macmillan

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• This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Welcome and entertain them all!

  Rumi

  Morning, House, Guests

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.150, Penguin UK

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• Merely being human is morally significant.

  Alice Crary

  Significant, Humans

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