“The dreams of human beings are dark, heavy and morbid and simplistic and boring. The dreams of immortality are endless and shining, they shimmer, they glow.” HumansDreamSufferingDarkHuman BeingsShiningHeavyBoringEndlessImmortalityMorbidShimmer Author:Frederick Lenz
“The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental goddess. With increasing moral light, and greater liberty, and more universal justice, she begins to develop as an equal human being.” HumansLightAgeJusticeDarkHuman BeingsLibertyMoralChristianityGreaterSocietyCivilizationEqualTestsUniversalSlaveGoddessToysSavagesSentimentalDark Ages Author:George William Curtis
“Both light and dark are eternity. Human beings assign relative values to colors, but beyond the relative, there just is - what in Zen we call "suchness".” HumansLightValuesDarkHuman BeingsColorEternityRelativeIntroductionLight And DarkRelative Value Author:Frederick Lenz
“The optimization of cosmic darkness and of Earth's location within the dark universe that sacrifices neither the material needs of human beings nor their capacity to gain knowledge about the universe reflects masterful engineering at a level far beyond human capability- and even imagination. It testifies of a supernatural, superintelligent, superpowerful, fully deliberate Creator.” NeedsHumansEarthUniverseImaginationDarkHuman BeingsLevelsDarknessSacrificeMaterialsGainsCapacityCreatorCosmicCapabilityEngineeringLocationDeliberateOptimization Author:Hugh Jackman
“life is the greatest gift that could ever be conceived ... A daffodil pushing up through the dark earth to the spring, knowing somehow deep in its roots that spring and light and sunshine will come, has more courage and more knowledge of the value of life than any human being I've met.” LifeHumansLightEarthLife IsValuesDarkHuman BeingsKnowingMetsSpringRootsSunshinePushingGreatest GiftsValue Of LifeMore KnowledgeDaffodil Book:Camilla Source: Camilla
“Novels, like human beings, usually have their beginnings in the dark.” HumansDarkHuman BeingsNovel Author:Rita Mae Brown
“You cannot be naïve about evil. You cannot be naïve to the reality that there are human beings and human situations which have totally identified with the dark side of reality. They are malicious. Realism teaches you to put up appropriate boundaries so that people can't do any more evil than possible. But that doesn't mean you do evil back to them.” PeopleHumansMeanRealityEvilSidesDarkHuman BeingsSituationTeachBoundariesAppropriateRealismDark SideMalicious Author:Richard Rohr
“I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.” WayHumansDifficultDarkHuman BeingsComedyAspectPassionateBelieverTackling Author:Stephen Mangan
“My bacteria glow in the dark - no human being doesn't like that.” HumansDarkHuman BeingsBacteriaGlow In The Dark Author:Bonnie Bassler
“Evil gives you far more strings to pull. But I must say that I have never been interested in the psychology of evil, not in the slightest. Perhaps I'm not interested in evil, but in the dark sides of human beings.” GivingHumansEvilSidesDarkHuman BeingsPsychologyStringsNot InterestedDark Side Author:Lars von Trier
“I don't meet many people that are evil. I meet human beings who are flawed, who are mentally ill and have enormous problems, but I don't think I've ever met someone who was a totally dark energy that had no humanity or sense of love or affection for anything in their life. That's very rare.” PeopleThinkingHumansProblemHumanityEvilEnergyDarkHuman BeingsMetsIllAffectionEnormousFlawedMentally IllDark Energy Author:Richard Gere
“It comes out of human beings, it comes from the dark side of the human being, when people don't give a hoot about other people and they'll steal and rob and rob the food out of baby's mouths, so it's incumbent on every new generation to develop a social conscience and to really defend themselves. And that takes demonstrations sometimes.” PeopleGivingHumansSometimesSocialSidesDarkHuman BeingsGenerationsBabyMouthsConscienceStealingDemonstrationDark SideNew GenerationIncumbentsHoot Author:Luis Valdez
“Silence comes in two varieties: One that nourishes and comforts; another that chokes, smothers, and isolates. Solitary confinement is the worst kind of imprisonment we can inflict on fellow humans, and if you are forced to keep silent about some dark secret, you live in solitary confinement. Without the bridge of communication connecting you to other human beings, you can’t share your burdens, can’t receive comfort, can’t confirm that you still belong. Silence is the abyss that separates you from hope.” IfsHumansKindStillsTwoDarkHuman BeingsSecretSilenceShareWorstCommunicationComfortFellowsSilentBurdenVarietyBridgesSolitarySilence IsAbyssConnectingChokeImprisonmentConfinementSolitary ConfinementDark Secrets Author:Martha Beck