Quotes tagged ‘humanity’

“Every period of human development has had its own particular type of human conflict -- its own variety of problem that, apparently, could be settled only by force. And each time, frustratingly enough, force never really settled the problem. Instead, it persisted through a series of conflicts.”

— Isaac Asimov, amazon.com

“A man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself, until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position.”

— Alan Watts, amazon.com

“If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black.”

— Alan Watts, amazon.com

“We have all hurt someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. We have all loved someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. It is an intrinsic human trait, and a deep responsibility, I think, to be an organ and a blade. But, learning to forgive ourselves and others because we have n…”

— Nayyirah Waheed, Warsan Shire, kepthoney.com

“Humanity is just nasty and there's no silver lining.”

— David O. Russell, Matthew Quick, Tiffany, Jennifer Lawrence, amazon.com

“People are capable of almost anything.”

— Shari Lapena, amazon.com

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”

— Iain Thomas, amazon.com

“I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies.”

— Charles Dickens, amazon.com

“I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything.”

— Charles Dickens, amazon.com

“And a beautiful world we live in, when it is possible, and when many other such things are possible, and not only possible, but done -- done, see you!”

— Charles Dickens, amazon.com

“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”

— Charles Dickens, amazon.com

“Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

“There is no joy in continuity, in the perpetual. We desire it only because the present is empty.”

— Alan W Watts, amazon.com

“Human desire tends to be insatiable.”

— Alan W Watts, amazon.com

“You cannot understand life and its mysteries as long as you try to grasp it. Indeed, you cannot grasp it, just as you cannot walk off with a river in a bucket. If you try to capture running water in a bucket, it is clear that you do not understand it and that you will always be disappointed, for in…”

— Alan W Watts, amazon.com

“If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black.”

— Alan Watts, Alan W Watts, amazon.com

“Juno: I'm just, like, losing my faith with humanity. Mac: Can you can narrow that down for me? Juno: I just wonder if like, two people can ever stay together for good. Mac: You mean like couples? Juno: Yeah, like people in love. Mac: Are you having boy troubles? Because I gotta be honest with you; I…”

— Ellen Page, J.K Simmons, Juno, Mac, amazon.com

“Here I am, a bundle of past recollections and future dreams, knotted up in a reasonably attractive bundle of flesh.”

— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com

“If you ain’t scared… you ain’t human.”

— James Dashner, amazon.com

“Maybe its like you said before, all of us being cracked open. Like each of us starts out as a watertight vessel. And then things happen - these people leave us, or don’t love us, or don’t get us, or we don’t get them, and we lose and fail and hurt one another. And the vessel starts to crack in place…”

— John Green, amazon.com