H Quotes
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“Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.”
Source: The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It
“Human beings are not creatures of logic; we are creatures of emotion. And we do not care what's true. We care how it feels.”
“Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.”
“Human beings are not efficiently designed for a capitalist system of production.”
Source: Age of extremes: the short twentieth century, 1914-1991
“Human beings are not inevitable, and our brief existence is not preordained to be extended into the distant future. If Homo sapiens is to have a continued presence on earth, humankind will reevaluate its sense of place in the world and modify its strong species-centric stewardship of the planet. Our collective concepts of morality and ethics have a direct impact on our species' ultimate fate.”
“Human beings are not intrinsically selfish, which isolates us from others. We are essentially social animals who depend on others to meet our needs. We achieve happiness, prosperity and progress through social interaction. Therefore, having a kind and helpful attitude contributes to our own and others' happiness.”
“Human beings are not like sheep; and even sheep are not undistinguishably alike. A man cannot get a coat or a pair oboots to fit him, unless they are either made to his measure, or he has a whole warehouseful to choose from: and is it easier to fit him with a life than with a coat, or are human beings more like one another in their whole physical and spiritual conformation than in the shape of their feet? If it were only that people have diversities of taste, that is reason enough for not attempting to shape them all after one model.”
Source: Annotated On Liberty with English Grammar Exercises: by John Stuart Mill (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)
“Human beings are not like they are portrayed in Hollywood. They are individuals who are a mixture of good and bad.”
“Human beings are not meant to live alone. There is a fundamental biological imperative that propels you and every organism on this planet to be in a community, to be in relationship with other organisms.”
“Human beings are not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy.”
“Human beings are not nearly as coolly rational as we like to think we are. Having set up comfortable planets of belief, we become resistant to altering them, and develop cognitive biases that prevent us from seeing the world with perfect clarity. We aspire to be perfect Bayesian abductors, impartially reasoning to the best explanation - but most often we take new data and squeeze it to fit with our preconceptions.”
“Human beings are not on earth to be citizens, or taxpayers, or socially engineered pawns of other human beings; rather they are here in order to grow, to transform, to become their authentic selves.”
“Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person. When we are armed with compassion and understanding, we fight not against other people, but against the tendency to invade, to dominate, and to exploit.”
Source: Anger
“Human beings are not perfect creatures, but their constant strives to better themselves with each step makes humanity in itself a perfect situation, and that is the beauty of life”
Source: THE COMING OF OTUNGWI
“Human beings are not perfect. Their institutions are not perfect, but they have to keep trying. And America has to help people keep trying.”
“Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And let us redouble our efforts so that the words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 'no one shall be held in slavery or servitude' - ring true.”
“HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT REASONABLE creatures. Instead of being ruled by logic, we are ruled by emotions. The world would be a happier place if the opposite were true. For example, based on a single phone call, I have begun to hope for a miracle.”
Source: The Sun Is Also a Star
“Human beings are not seamless smooth creations, they have insoluble parts, and the closer you look the more mysterious they become.”
Source: History of the Rain
“Human beings are not separate from nature. We are nature. The beauty of the sunset is your own beauty. The power of the ocean is your power. We are inseparable from the beauty of the mountains, rivers, and forests that surround us. The more that you can allow your natural self to come out – to honour your natural beauty, your natural creativity, your natural thirst for leadership and compassion – the happier and healthier you’ll be.”
“Human beings are not so in harmony with the dharma. That is why they suffer so much. But you as an individual can reach a plane of attention and can become attention itself.”
“Human beings are not things needing to be motivated and controlled; they are four dimensional - body, mind, heart, and spirit.”
Source: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
“Human beings are of such nature that they should have not only material facilities but spiritual sustenance as well. Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult to get and maintain peace of mind.”
“Human beings are of two classes: those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and those whose work and pleasure are one.”
“Human beings are often at their best when responding to immediate crises - car accidents, house fires, hurricanes. We are less effective in the face of enormous but slow-moving crises such as the loss of biodiversity or climate change.”
Source: From Naked Ape to Superspecies: Humanity and the Global Eco-Crisis
“Human beings are on a journey of awareness, which has momentarily been interrupted by extraneous forces.”
“Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.”
“Human beings are part of nature. Anything they do is natural. It's impossible for anything in nature to do anything unnatural.”
“Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.”
“Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider, bigger explanations for things.”
Source: The Sean Duffy Collection
“Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.”
“Human beings are poor examiners, subject to superstition, bias, prejudice, and a PROFOUND tendency to see what they want to see rather than what is really there.”
“Human beings are powered by emotion, not by reason. Study after study has proven that if the emotion centers of our brain are damaged in some way, we don't just lose the ability to laugh or cry, we lose the ability to make decisions. Alarm bells for every business right there. The neurologist Donald Calne puts it brilliantly: “The essential difference between emotion and reason is that emotion leads to action while reason leads to conclusions.””
“Human beings are primarily defined by what we desire, not what we know.”
“Human beings are prone to believe the things they wish were true.”
“Human beings are psychologically far more afraid of bugs than they are of driving a car, whereas people get killed by cars every single day, and there is hardly ever a story of people getting killed by bugs.”
“Human beings are really attuned to their senses. When you work in film, you are working with the visual and audio senses. An understanding of tactile and other components that go into the creation of those objects are important to making them look real on screen, like a plasma of energy.”
“Human beings are remarkable - at what we can learn to live with. If we couldn't get strong from what we lose, and what we miss, and what we want and can't have, then we couldn't ever get strong enough, could we? What else makes us strong?”
“Human beings are remarkably resilient. When you think about it, our species has been teetering upon the edge of the existential cliff since Hiroshima. In short, we endure.”
“Human beings are repetitive animals. All meaning is generated through repetition.”
Source: The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves
“Human beings are self-motivated. The two desires that spur human action are hunger and love. Without memory, humankind would no longer hunger for love.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Human beings are selfish by nature. Everything that happens to a child, you immediately grab your own child and say, "I will never let that happen to you."”
“Human beings are sloshing sacks of chemicals on the move.”
Source: An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
“Human beings are so destructive,' Malcolm said. 'I sometimes think we're a kind of plague that will scrub the earth clean. We destroy things so well that I sometimes think, maybe that's our function. Maybe every few eons, some animal comes along that kills off the rest of the world, clears the decks, and let's evolution proceed to its next phase.”
Source: The Lost World
“Human beings are so destructive. I sometimes think we're a kind of plague, that will scrub the earth clean. We destroy things so well that I sometimes think, maybe that's our function. Maybe every few eons, some animal comes along that kills off the rest of the world, clears the decks, and lets evolution proceed to its next phase.”
Source: Michael Crichton's Jurassic World
“Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.”
Source: Lectures on Philosophy
“Human beings are so much more than mere color. If we cannot see beyond superficial differences we do not perceive our endless similarities.”
“Human beings are social animals and nearly all of us are driven by the need to be loved and the desire to successfully sustain meaningful romantic relationships for life.”
“Human beings are social animals. We crave the attention of others, descend into loneliness without it.”
Source: An Evil Trade
“Human beings are social animals. We were social before we were human.”
Source: The Expanding Circle: Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress
“Human beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect.”
Source: Here Comes Everybody: How Change Happens when People Come Together