“We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a grave risk of death represents a highly culpable mental state that may be taken into account in making a capital sentencing judgment not inevitable, lethal result.” HumansMayStatesPoliticsResultsKnownTakenRiskActivityJudgmentAccountsCriminalsGravesInevitableHuman LifeEngagingRecklessDisregardImplicit Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“The human measure of a human life is its income; the divine measure of a life is its outgo, its overflow its contribution to the welfare of all.... If every word spoken in behalf of truth has its influence and every deed done for the right weighs in the final account, it is immaterial to the Christian whether his eyes behold victory or whether he dies in the midst of conflict.” IfsHumansDoneEyeChristianLife IsDiesInfluenceDivineVictoryConflictAccountsFinalsDeedsIncomeHuman LifeWelfareHis EyesContributionMidstBehalfOverflowDeeds Done Author:William Jennings Bryan
“It seems to me that the great pleasure of human life is not in having an opinion, but rather in learning all the ways you are wrong, and all the nuances you failed to account for, and all the truths that turned out to be not as simple as you once believed. And it seems to me that one of the central pleasures of attending school is that you get to read with really well-informed people who can help welcome you into a complex world stuffed with rich and maddening ambiguity.” PeopleWorldWayHumansWellsHelpingSeemsSchoolLife IsSimplePleasureOpinionRichAccountsComplexesWelcomeHuman LifeAmbiguityNuanceAttending Author:John Green
“Since science's competence extends to observable and measurable phenomena, not to the inner being of things, and to the means, not to the ends of human life, it would be nonsense to expect that the progress of science will provide men with a new type of metaphysics, ethics, or religion.” MenHumansMeanEndsWould BeScienceReligionProgressTypeEthicsAccountsObservationHuman LifeNonsenseMetaphysicsCompetence Author:Jacques Maritain
“A science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life.” IfsLifeHumansSaidScienceWealthExistenceDevelopmentDestructionAccountsInequalityHuman LifeDistributionAccentuateDistribution Of Wealth Author:G. H. Hardy
“Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken.” ThinkingTryingHumansScienceEasierAccountsEaseHuman LifePleasantMistaken Author:Albert Einstein
“Indeed, I suspect that the changes that have taken place during the last century in the average man's fundamental beliefs, in his philosophy, in his conception of religion, in his whole world outlook, are greater than the changes that occurred during the preceding four thousand years all put together.” MenWorldYearsHumansPhilosophyWholeDreamTogetherLastsScienceBeliefHistoryTakenGreaterFourCenturyThousandConceptsAccountsFundamentalsAverageWhole WorldHuman LifeMy TimeSuspectsApplicationThousand YearsOutlookAverage Man Author:Robert Andrews Millikan