“Somewhere along the way, we took the most powerful, world-changing, unstoppable movement in human history, one that launched from a conversation at a well, a call to fishermen, a meal at a tax collector's house, and we professionalized it.”
Source: Hand to the Plow: The Field Guide for Everyday Disciple-Makers
“You’re human, and you have to reconcile that with yourself somehow. Forgive yourself. Allow yourself to feel everything deeply, to grow and learn.”
Source: This Close to Okay
“Sanity is the thread through the labyrinth of the Minotaur. Once cut, or unravelled, all that lies in wait are gloomy tunnels unfathomable by any map, and what hides there is a beast in human form, wearing our own face.”
Source: Frankissstein: A Love Story
“People love to say Heartless aren’t human. But to this day, I still wonder if they’re perhaps more human than the humans themselves.”
Source: Bring Me Their Hearts
“The most important thing to do is to make the judge want to decide things your way," Darrow advised one of his younger partners. "They are human beings, moved by the same things that move other human beings. The point of law merely give the judge a reason for doing what you have already made him want to do.”
Source: Clarence Darrow for the defense
“The human heart is a damnable thing.”
Source: In Limbo
“That's your key to the gods. Hold that in your mind and never forget the way you're feeling right now. That's what gives you power. And that's what is going to keep you human.”
Source: The Burning God
“harm falls most in mans destroying way”
Source: Poems of the Middle Period, Vol. V: 1822-1837
“Do you belong to the city or the wilds? Are you human or animal? Are you sane or lunatic? Both? Neither? Yes.”
Source: Going Feral: Field Notes on Wonder and Wanderlust
“i've always known the truth, i simply choose to ignore it as i do with everything in my life." - human, January 16, 2021”