“I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.” ThinkingHumansLittlesMatterWholeFoundHuman BeingsAtheismMoralityEthicsExperienceDoctrineEthicalTrashPsychoanalysisAgnosticism Author:Sigmund Freud
“everything you experience is what constitutes you as a human being, but the experience passes away and the person's left. The person is the residue.” HumansPersonsLeftHuman BeingsExperiencePassing Away Author:Ilka Chase
“In one and the same human being there are cognitions that, however utterly dissimilar they are, yet have one and the same object,so that one can only conclude that there are different subjects in one and the same human being.” HumansDifferentHuman BeingsSubjectsHuman NatureObjectsExperienceIndividualismBeing ThereCognitionDifferent Subjects Book:Wedding preparations in the country: and other posthumous prose writings. With notes by Max Brod Source: Wedding preparations in the country: and other posthumous prose writings. With notes by Max Brod
“Human beings are innately loving beings. When we fail to love, it is because an element of ignorance has intruded into our experience, submerging our natural impulse to love.” LoveHumansNaturalHuman BeingsFailingIgnoranceElementsExperienceImpulse Author:Nhat Hanh
“Whenever a human being ceases to live for themselves and begins to care about that which is greater than themselves, the personality begins to experience ecstasy, joy and spontaneous liberation. And that's found through doing, through action, through giving, through deeply embracing the human experience.” GivingHumansGodCareActionJoySpiritualityFoundHuman BeingsGreaterPersonalityExperienceCeaseLiberationEcstasySpontaneousHuman Experience Author:Andrew Cohen