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“Alle Dinge müssen, der Mensch allein ist das Wesen, welches will.”

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German mystic philosopher, born in 1260 and died in 1328. His thoughts have had a profound impact on the world, and he is considered one of the most important representatives of medieval philosophy. more

“A winded, defeated-looking fat woman in filthy coveralls trudged beside us, hearing what Miss Pefko said. She turned to examine Dr. Breed, looking at him with helpless reproach. She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.”

Humanity

Book:Cat’s Cradle

Source: Cat’s Cradle

“Every form is an image. Every image is a name. Every name is an attribute, every attribute a verb. Every verb forms the sentence to be read on Judgement Day, from the very Qur’aanulQariim that is found within the breastplate of all that is ‘created’ in the form of humankind. Every object be it animated or non-animated is an image!!”

Love Life Inspirational Form Humanity Consciousness Being

Author:AainaA-Ridtz A R

“You see, Valentin, there is no such thing as time. It's just a road, a path to travel on. Most of the world is on a train, traveling forward all the time, speeding toward death, with a set schedule and someone else in charge.”

World Time Humanity

Author:Daniel Nayeri

“So he is my brother, and yours, too, Carl Schummel, for that matter," answered Peter, looking into Carl's eye. "We cannot say what we might have become under other circumstances. We have been bolstered up from evil since the hour we were born. A happy home and good parents might have made that man a fine fellow instead of what he is. God grant that the law may cure and not crush him!”

Humanity Criminal Justice

Book:Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates

Source: Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates

“Each human is a complex, contradictory story. Some stories within us have been unfolding for years, others are trembling with fresh life as they peek above the horizon. Each is a zigzag of emotional design and ancestral architecture. All the stories in the earth’s mind are connected.”

Humans Stories Earth Humanity Complexity Connectedness

Book:Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems

Source: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems

“They never grow less stupid, men who believe in belief.”

Men Humanity Belief Stupidity Believing

Book:Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Source: Black Leopard, Red Wolf

“I overhead Jove, one day,' said Silenus, 'talking of destroying the Earth; he said it had failed; they were all rogues and vixens, who went from bad to worse, as fast as the days succeeded each other. Minerva said she hoped not, they were only ridiculous little creatures, with this odd circumstance, that they had a blur, or indeterminate aspect, seen far or seen near; if you called them bad, they would appear so; if you called them good, they would appear so; and there was no one person or action among that which would not puzzle her Owl, much more all Olympus, to know whether it was fundamentally bad or good.”

Character Humanity Ambiguity Duality Of Man Silenus

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It's a universal instinct of the human species, isn't it, that desire to dress up in some sort of disguise?" said Frank. "I must be very inhuman then," said Maxim. "It's natural, I suppose," said Colonel Julyan, "for all of us to wish to look different. We are all children in some ways.”

Humanity Disguise Childlike Childish Dress Up

Book:Rebecca

Source: Rebecca

“This agitation is becoming so great that the higher culture can no longer allow its fruits to ripen; it is as if the seasons were following to quickly from one another. From lack of rest, our civilization is ending in a new barbarism. Never have the active, which is to say the restless, people been prized more. Therefore, one of the necessary correctives that must be applied to the character of humanity is a massive strengthening of the contemplative element.”

Humanity Activity Busy Calm Leisure Modernity Free Time Meditative

Book:Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

Source: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

“But once, when she was singing his praises, her mother interrupted 'No, no, I've seen too many young people like that - both when I was a student in Petersburg and when I was in exile in Siberia. They just don't know how to reconcile love of humanity and love for an actual person.”

Humanity

Book:Stalingrad

Source: Stalingrad

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