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“The practical life of a vast number of people is not, as a matter of fact, worth while at all. It is like an impressive fur coat with no one inside it. One sees many of these coats occupying positions of great responsibility. Hans Andersen's story of the king with no clothes told one bitter and common truth about human nature; but the story of the clothes with no king describes a situation just as common and even more pitiable.”

Source: Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings

“I feel it is our inherent duty as a humane society, above any intangible responsibility, to invest in our world's children's potential, passion and confidence.”

“Our view of nature will influence the way we treat nature, and our view of human nature will affect our understanding of human responsibility.”

Way Humans Understanding Views Responsibility Influence Human Nature Treats Environmental Stewardship

Author:Ian Barbour

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.”

Source: The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Essays in Metaphysics, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Philosophy of Existentialism

“A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.”

Persons Form Nations Responsibility Moral Society Human Nature Identity Morality Integrity Members Responsible Hypocrisy Citizenship American Citizens Moral Responsibility Moral Society

Book:Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness

Source: Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness

“Human nature has been sold short...[humans have] a higher nature which...includes the need for meaningful work, for responsibility, for creativeness, for being fair and just, for doing what is worthwhile and for preferring to do it well.”

Needs Humans Wells Has Beens Responsibility Human Nature Higher Fairs Meaningful Worthwhile Creativeness Meaningful Work

Author:Abraham Maslow

“Human nature was all about shifting blame...and responsibility. How else could you explain concentration camps and genocide and all the awful things people did to each other every day? They just carried on life and pretended like the evil didn't exist, as long as it was happening out of their direct view.”

People Humans Long Evil Views Responsibility Human Nature Happenings Direct Blame Awful Concentration Camps Genocide Shifting Concentration Camp

Author:Rachel Caine

“I would say that failure to terraform Mars constitutes failure to live up to our human nature and a betrayal of our responsibility as members of the community of life itself”

Humans Community Responsibility Human Nature Members Betrayal Mars

Book:The Case For Mars

Source: The Case For Mars