Human
Definition: Humans: plural noun. Relating to or characteristic of humankind. A human being.
Number of Quotes: 21
I feel overawed by quantity where counting no longer makes sense. By unrepeatability within such a quantity. By creatures of nature gathered in
herds, droves, species, in which each individual, while subservient to the mass, retains some distinguishing features. A crowd of people, birds,
insects, or leaves is a mysterious assemblage of variants of certain prototype. A riddle of nature's abhorrence of exact repetition or inability
to produce it. Just as the human hand cannot repeat its own gesture, I invoke this disturbing law, switching my own immobile herds into that rhythm.
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the
experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.
Henry Adams
Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.
Henry Adams
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.
Henry Adams
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural
equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth.
John Quincy Adams
Heaven has given to every human being the power of controlling his passions, and if
he neglects or loses it, the fault is his own, and he must be answerable for it.
John Quincy Adams
Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of
phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.
Scott Adams
The most important thing when you study hypnosis is that you learn that humans are irrational. Until you understand that, hypnosis is hard to do... For
me, it was this great awakening to understand that humans are deeply irrational, and it's probably the greatest influence on me in terms of my writing.
Scott Adams
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Albert Einstein
Men are what their mothers made them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent decades is due to the
great concentration of greenhouse gases released mainly as a result of human activity.
Laudato Sí
encyclical letter, June 18, 2015.
Francis I
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to
choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Victor Frankl
Making and preserving friends. Select some sound hearts. Be careful not to bruise them with unfeeling words. Take of milk of
human kindness one heartful. Add to this plenty of tact. Warm the mixture with plenty of sympathy. Do not let it get too hot at
first, lest it only ferment mischief. Knead with plenty of oil of unselfishness to make all smooth. Beware of jars (lovely wording).
The mixture should be kept in a warm corner of the heart. Years only serve to improve the flavour of friends thus preserved.
Barry Humphries
Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other;
they don't know each other because they can not communicate; they can not communicate because they are separated.
Martin Luther King Jr.
It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.
John Stuart Mill
A fascinating reaction of the human brain when we fail to meet a goal is that it tells us to
throw caution to the wind and make things even worse, which ultimately leads to us giving up.
Fabrizio Moreira
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Alexander Pope
For Man is man and master of his fate.
Alfred Tennyson
The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a
mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way.
Lao Tzu
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Oscar Wilde
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