“Behavior of such cunning cruelty that only a human being could have thought of or contrived it we call 'inhuman,' revealing thus some pathetic ideal standard for our species that survives all betrayals.” HumansHuman BeingsBehaviorStandardsIdealsSpeciesBetrayalCrueltyCunningRevealingPatheticInhuman Book:A Casual Commentary Source: A Casual Commentary
“We measure the success of schools not by the kinds of human beings they promote but by whatever increases in reading scores they chalk up. We have allowed quantitative standards, so central to the adult economic system, to become the principal yardstick for our definition of our children's worth.” HumansKindChildrenSchoolReadingHuman BeingsEducationEconomicStandardsAdultsIncreaseOur ChildrenDefinitionsScorePrincipalEconomic SystemsChalkYardsticks Author:Kenneth Keniston
“We have to reformulate moral standards. Human beings have to impose limits on themselves when it comes to their actions and desires. There is a beautiful and very radical notion in the bible: Man is made in the image of God, no matter how sick, poor or damaged he is. We should try to transpose this maxim to our secular and constitutional self-image.” MenShouldTryingHumansMadeSelfMatterActionBeautifulDesireHuman BeingsPoorMoralLimitsStandardsSickNotionRadicalSecularMaximsGod Image Author:Gotz Aly
“It is largely dissynchronous timing standards that have kept human beings off-balance and alienated from the natural cycles of the Earth they inhabit. The worst culprit is the Gregorian calendar, and by extension the "12:60 frequency" that it fosters - together these have become, in essence, the inescapable time clock of globalist capitalism.” HumansEarthTogetherPeaceNaturalHuman BeingsWorstBalanceStandardsCapitalismEssenceClockCyclesTimingExtensionsFrequencyCalendarsCulpritTime Clock Author:Jose Arguelles
“Death is a big theme in the book, illness. What is that? It's a fact that human beings - no matter who they are, no matter how healthy or strong or beautiful they are - are going to age and become weak and ugly by a certain standard, and die. And I think that's a terrifying idea for people to get their minds around.” PeopleThinkingMindHumansBookIdeasMatterFactsBigsAgeBeautifulCertainDiesStrongHuman BeingsHealthyStandardsWeakIllnessUglyTheme Author:Mary Gaitskill