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“Strangest problems of life seem clearing; but clouds sweep between--Is my journey’s end coming?”

Book:Moby-Dick or, The Whale

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Moby-Dick or, The Whale

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Herman Melville

Herman Melville was a renowned 19th-century American novelist known for his profound psychological descriptions and unique literary style. His masterpiece, 'Moby-Dick', is considered a classic of American literature. more

“I tried to map the cultural trends leading up to it but as I did they grew, interconnecting and weaving backwards and sideways out to everything. Next to the megalithic institutionalized shredding of people's humanity, marked by tombstone malls and scabby hills, the Styrofoam gullets and flag-waving god-chatterers casting their votes for eternal paternity on the lap rapists - next to all of that, the intimacy between a terrorist and his target was almost a beautiful thing but I still couldn't solve that moment when they did it anyway so I grabbed more paper and widened my field of vision.”

Humanity Terror Dehumanisation

Book:Zazen

Source: Zazen

“❤ We must all find the spirit to try and help better humanity! We all have it inside us to contribute something to the cause of humanity!”

Inspirational Humanity World Peace Bullying Ben

Book:Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration

Source: Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration

“Our humanity consists in the fact that we do more than survive, that a great part of what we do confers no survival benefit in terms presumably salient from the Pleistocene point of view.”

Humanity Survival

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“On peut faire la grève tout, sauf d’être.”

Humanity Being

Book:La Sagesse de l'amour

Source: La Sagesse de l'amour

“Sersem ürer, genişler ama kendini geliştirmez.”

Humanity Emancipation

Author:Fabio De Propris

“If you see only your coreligionists as your brothers, you aren’t only a good man but also you are very low in morality! Your brothers are the whole humanity!”

Humanity

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“The wish to hear such baseness is degrading.”

Humanity

Book:Inferno

Source: Inferno

“Corporations [gained] direct access to what we may think of as our humanity, emotions, and agency but, in this context, are really just buttons.”

Humanity Marketing Corporation Data Mining

Book:Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back

Source: Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back

“The day you give priority to bogus ethics over human reactions, you become a loser. Human reactions are priceless. Rules should never, ever stifle emotions. Tennis is a very human game facing a great danger that it will be strangulated in a cat's cradle of unnecessary or inhumane rules.”

Humanity Emotions Tennis Rules

Author:Ted Tinling

“I Came away from the U.S. Memory Championship eager to find out how Ed and Lukas did it. Were these just extraordinary individuals, pridigies from the long tail of humanity's bell curve, or was there something we could all learn from their talents?”

Humanity Talent Memory Extraordinary Individuals

Book:Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

Source: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

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