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“It is the human race, not the world, that desperately needs to be changed.”

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“Los hombres nunca están a la altura de los grandes acontecimientos. Siempre les superan los hechos.”

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Book:Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Source: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“- Da, e lucru îngrozitor să cazi în mâinile răului reîncarnat. - Atunci, întreabă doctorul Poole, de ce continuați să-L venerați? - De ce arunci mâncare unui tigru care mârăie?Ca să câștigi un moment de respiro. Ca să amâni oroarea inevitabilului, fie și pentru câteva minute. Și pe Pământ e la fel ca-n Iad - dar cel puțin ești tot pe Pământ.”

Hell Mankind Huxley Iad Pamant

Book:Ape and Essence

Source: Ape and Essence

“God made the wolf. Man made the dog.”

Humanity Mankind Dog Creation Wolf

Author:David Paul Kirkpatrick

“The sandpaper of Greg's laugh fascinated Lexi as much as it frightened her. It was why she always thought of him as the Sandman, an interpretation not as sinister as E. T. A. Hoffman's but one that seemed to match, suddenly, in its role as a harbinger of death. Greg's voice rebounded around the building, dry and abrasive. Mirthless laughter is one of mankind's trademark noises. It's been used to mask pain for centuries.”

Death Fantasy Mankind Laughter Dark Fantasy Dystopian Fiction Angels And Demons Sandman Mirthless

Book:The Wake Up

Source: The Wake Up

“The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create...he discovers. Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. Copiers do not collaborate. Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.”

Nature Mankind Creation Creator Architecture Man Originality

Author:Antoni Gaudí

“In our age, mankind collectively has given itself over to a degree of hubris surpassing everything known in former ages.”

Reality Mankind Present Hubris

Book:Portraits From Memory and Other Essays

Source: Portraits From Memory and Other Essays

“It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.”

Book:To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“When I die,' I said to my friend, 'I'm not going to be embalmed. I'm going to be dipped.' Milk chocolate or bittersweet was the immediate concern.”

Death Chocolate

Author:Adrianne Marcus

“In those days the world teemed, the people multiplied, the world bellowed like a wild bull, and the great god was aroused by the clamor. Enlil heard the clamor and he said to the gods in council, “The uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babel.” So the gods agreed to exterminate mankind.”

People World Mankind Gods Babel Mesopotamia Exterminate

Book:The Epic of Gilgamesh

Source: The Epic of Gilgamesh

“The tragedy of man is the difference between what he can be, and what he is.”

Philosophy Mankind

Book:A Line Intersected

Source: A Line Intersected