Humans Quotes - Page 2

• We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

  Life, Spiritual, Positive Thinking

  "The Phenomenon of Man". Book by Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, 1955.

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• Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity.

  Christopher Paolini

  Book, Choices, Understanding

  Teenreads.com Interview, www.encyclopedia.com. September 2003.

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• No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

  Christopher Morley

  Dog, Appreciation, Silly

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• It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Fitness, Relaxation, Human Nature

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• Creativity is not simply a property of exceptional people but an exceptional property of all people.

  Ron Carter

  Music, Art, Creativity

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• One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life, Procrastination, Garden

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.22, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees.

  Mark Twain

  Wisdom, Men, Moon

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• Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Success, Dance

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.326, Princeton University Press

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  America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

  Jimmy Carter

  Inspirational, Motivational, Real

  Jimmy Carter (1995). “Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation”, Puffin

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• What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries?... In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?

  Maurice Strong

  Change, Country, Responsibility

  "Environmentalism: Ideology and Power". Book by Donald Gibson, 2002.

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• Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

  Anatole France

  Love, Inspiring, Dog

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  Our true nationality is mankind.

  H. G. Wells

  Life, Racism, People

  H. G. Wells, Walter Warren Wagar (2004). “The Outline of History: The Roman Empire to the Great War”, p.644, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name!

  Emma Goldman

  Nature, Names, Crime

  Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism: Top Crime Collections”, p.34, 谷月社

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• Without peace, there is little hope for human rights

  Martin Ennals

  Rights, Littles, Human Rights

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• It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

  Marianne Moore

  Human Nature, Indecision, Middle

  Marianne Moore, Robin G. Schulze (2002). “Becoming Marianne Moore: The Early Poems, 1907-1924”, p.102, Univ of California Press

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• Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.

  Tom Hanks

  Optimistic, Optimism, Tolerance

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• On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

  George Orwell

  Wisdom, Time, Funny Life

  1942 'The Art of Donald McGill'.

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• The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.

  Lewis Thomas

  Flower, Sunshine, Science

  Lewis Thomas (1990). “A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays”

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• To err is human, to forgive supine.

  S. J. Perelman

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Err Is Human

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• The right to development is the measure of the respect of all other human rights.That should be our aim: a situation in which all individuals are enabled to maximize their potential, and to contribute to the evolution of society as a whole.

  Kofi Annan

  Rights, Society, Development

  FaceBook post by Kofi Annan from Dec 10, 2016

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• Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

  Emily Dickinson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application of the word "human."

  Suzanne La Follette

  Peace, Ubuntu, Rights

  Concerning Women "The Beginnings of Emancipation" (1926)

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• The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not its growth and development.

  Oscar Wilde

  Growth, Development, Human Nature

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1062, Wordsworth Editions

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• Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights.

  Mahnaz Afkhami

  Respect, Equality, Rights

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• Human, all too human.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Chaos

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2016). “Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits”, p.8, Friedrich Nietzsche

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