T Quotes
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“The Human Condition being, basically, that we’re alive and have access to beauty, can even erratically create it, but will someday be dead and will not.”
“The human condition can almost be summed up in the observation that, whereas all experiences are of the past, all decisions are about the future. It is the great task of human knowledge to bridge this gap and to find those patterns in the past which can be projected into the future as realistic images.”
“The human condition can be summed up in a drop of blood. Show me a teaspoon of blood and I will reveal to thee the ineffable nature of the cosmos, naked and squirming. Squirming. Funny how the truth always seems to do that when you shine a light on it.”
Source: The Imago Sequence
“The human condition for the vast majority of people on this planet for the entire time of what humanity has been here has been bondage and tyranny, dictatorship, pestilence. That's really what American exceptionalism is, when you get right down to it.”
“The human condition is all about us pretending to be something sometimes that we're not. When you get into the core of people kind of stripping all of that away, that's for me, as an actor, always the most fun stuff to do.”
“The human condition is better improved by altering detrimental circumstances and personal perspectives than by trying to alter personal outlooks, while ignoring the very circumstances that serve to nourish them”
Source: Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory
“The human condition is essentially the conflict between the human need for control and a universe that provides little if any of it. Once we accept this and get into the flow of life, we are free and, paradoxically, able to get better results.”
Source: Personal Revolutions: A Short Course in Realness
“The human condition is imperfection. And that's how it's supposed to be.”
Source: Everyone Is Beautiful: A Novel
“the human condition is just too much for an animal to take; it is overwhelming.”
Source: The Denial of Death
“The human condition is not served by our technical ability to transmit a televised image around the world - if that image is totally inane.”
“The human condition is plagued with a labyrinth of shortcomings, frailties and limitations that hinder man from reaching his fullest potential. Therefore, it only makes sense that we find ourselves at the next phase in human evolution where restricted man merges with the infinite possibilities of hyper-evolving technologies. This techno-human transmutation will prove to be ‘the’ quantum leap in human progression. The harmonization of technologically extending oneself, consciousness, artificial intelligence and machine learning will reverse the failures of genetic predisposition and limitation.”
“The human condition is the immensely mentally insecure and psychologically distressed state that all humans have suffered from as a result of a clash between our species’ original non-understanding, dictatorial, instinctive orientations to the world, and our newer fully conscious mind that needs to understand the world to operate.”
Source: The Human Condition: What exactly is it, what caused it, and how the human race has finally liberated itself from the horror of it.
“The human condition is what it is. We can see beauty and wonder in the world, but we also face imminent death and uncertainty, and we often need to sidestep the idea of time and communicate with each other, not with words but with a sense of community and union. I don't want to make an overreaching statement, but I think that's the function of culture.”
“The human condition itself inspires me.”
“The human condition means that we can zone out and forget what the hell we're doing.”
“The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.”
“The human condition: lost in thought.”
Source: Stillness Speaks
“The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death.”
Source: Apocalypse and the Writings on Revelation
“The human consequences of Reagan's budget cuts went deep. For instance, Social Security disability benefits were terminated for 350,000 people. A war hero of Vietnam, Roy Benavidez, who had been presented with the Congressional Medal Of Honor by Reagan, 'Was told by Social Security officials that the shrapnel pieces in his heart, arms, and leg did not prevent him from working. Appearing before a congressional committee, he denounced Reagan.”
Source: A People's History Of The United States Sm
“The human construct of the so-called reality is prone to self−deception. One way or another, we all are being deceived by our own mind. We always see what we want to see.”
Source: Homo: A Brief History of Consciousness
“The human created the money for his living and the living of the human is recreated by the money”
“The human creature, humiliated and offended in ways that are inconceivable to the mind and heart, defies the blind and deaf divinity.”
“The human creature is alone in his carapace. Poetry is a strong way out.”
“The human creature is such a deceptively simple thing to look at. You can watch someone peel an orange or trip up a flight of stairs and forget that inside they are both strange and infinite.
Take a human by the wrist and you have in your hand a piece of unending longing.”
Source: The Poisoned King
“The human crisis is always a crisis of understanding: what we genuinely understand we can do.”
“The human currency of praise is Monopoly money. It feels great for a moment to collect, but when the game is over, it's worthless.”
Source: Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles
“The human desire for escape is a strong one. In fact, our brains are wired for it. We’re wired to avoid discomfort. To fantasize. To drink wine or do drugs or play video games to make it all go away. For those humans in confinement, mental or physical, the urge to seek freedom from terrible situations is desperately real. On a more mundane level, we all want fun, adventure, and play — that’s escape too.”
“The human desire for food and sex is relatively equal. If there are armed rapes, why should there not be armed hot dog thefts?”
“The human desire to belong to a flock is much more powerful than its desire to do the right thing.”
“The human desire to know why is as powerful as the desire to know what happened next, and it is a desire of a higher order.”
Source: Writing fiction: a guide to narrative craft
“The human diet consists of just nine plants: corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, cassava, sorghum, millet, beans, barley, rye and oats.”
“The human digestive and visual systems did clearly evolve over a very long period.”
“The human digestive tract is like the Amtrak line from Seattle to Los Angeles: transit time is about thirty hours, and the scenery on the last leg is pretty monotonous.”
Source: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
“The human dilemma is this: God is Holy and we are not. God is Righteous and we are not.”
“The human dimension of organizational change is vital. Because ultimately, a company is a collaboration of people.”
“The human doesn’t need long mathematical equations to hit a home run in baseball. The human body already understands the math involved and can do it with just some practice. Isn’t that wonderful?”
Source: The Zombie Wizards of Ala-ka
“The human drama is reaching its denouement. The great unveiling is approaching, a time when the power structures of the world begin to crumble and people of the heart sing out a new truth. Many voices are joining the chorus, many feet are walking the path, many minds are dreaming possibilities for a magnificent future. For beneath the crises that are looming at every level of civilization, the global heart is awakening, beating out the rhythm of a new and glorious dance, calling us to a better way of living.”
“The human ego is the ugliest part of man. We lift up men who only show us darkness, and put down those brave enough to show us the light. Likewise, people engage in darkness when it is light outside, and acknowledge the light only when it is dark. We abandon those fighting for us to cheer behind those fighting against us. And, we only remember good people and God when it is convenient for us, and take them for granted because their doors are always open - only to chase after closed doors and personalities void of substance and truth.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“The human ego is the ugliest part of man. We lift up men who only show us darkness, and put down those brave enough to show us light. Likewise, people engage in darkness when it is light outside, and acknowledge the light only when it is dark. We abandon those fighting for us to cheer behind those fighting against us. And, we only remember good people and God when it is convenient to us –and take them for granted because their doors are always open, only to chase after closed doors and personalities void of truth.”
“The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo – even when it's not working. It attaches to past and present and fears the future.”
“The human element in any system is always prone to error. Why should the courts be any different? They are not. Our blind trust in the system is the product of ignorance....”
Source: Defending Jacob
“The human element of making music is what's most important.”
“The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.”
“The human emotional system can be broken down into roughly two elements:
fear and love.
Love is of the soul.
Fear is of the personality.”
“The human emotions are worthy of nothing when our existence has no realistic value.”
Source: LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS
“The human emotions can function in a way we hate to feel. What made you happy yesterday is wrecking your heart tonight. Let's pretend that's okay, isn't it?”
“The human engine needs fuel for both body and mind, yet we only focus on feeding our bodies.”
Source: Random Cosmos
“The human equivalent of a succulent would be best."
Jay leaned back in his chair and folded his arms across his chest. "You want to match me up with a succulent?"
"A human succulent. Prickly. Resilient. Able to survive hot climates, cold temperaments, and emotional drought. Sprinkle a few e-mails on her, maybe buy her a lunch, and that should keep her going through the long cold months."
"You think I'm hot," he said, his voice smug. For some reason her opinion mattered to him, all the negativity aside.”
Source: The Singles Table
“The human experience can almost be summed up in the observation that, whereas all decisions are of the past, all decisions are about the future. The image of the future, therefore, is the key to all choice-oriented behavior. The character and quality of the images of the future which prevail in a society is therefore the most important clue to its overall dynamics.”
“The human experience itself is your teacher, everyone who crosses your path is part of the curriculum, and while others may guide you, you are your only guru.”
Source: My Name Is Love: We're Not All That Different