“We are in the twilight of this earth. The societies and civilizations of human beings will not endure much longer because of their abuses of power.” HumansEarthHumanityHuman BeingsBuddhismCivilizationAbuseEndureTwilightAbuse Of Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“These days it seems the lyric impulse, so seemingly fragile, comes in for a lot of abuse-or simply a lot of mistrust. What's it for, anyway, in this hard-edged, worried world? Into this cultural uncertainty Gregory Orr's spirited meditation on the surprisingly tensile strength of poetry in the face of profound suffering and grief presents a welcome fresh view of the ancient human instinct to cry out and to praise.” WorldHumansHardSeemsFacesSufferingViewsGriefMeditationCryAbusePraiseInstinctProfoundAncientWelcomeWorriedImpulseUncertaintyThese DaysFragileMistrustSpirited Author:Patricia Hampl
“Some, while deploring animal abuses, on the same breath approve 'benefits to humans from certain animal abuses'! Who would criticize the Jewish holocaust or Black slavery, and YET praise the benefits to Germans or Whites??? This convenient ambiguity at the expense of animals is unacceptable!!!” HumansCertainBlackAnimalBenefitsAbusePraiseBreathsSlaveryExpensesCriticizeAnimal RightsHolocaustAmbiguityConvenientAnimal Abuse Author:Adela Popescu
“People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth.” PeopleHumansBirthAbusePerformingFamily And Friends Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“It's human nature to abuse power, no matter who you are.” HumansMatterHuman NatureAbuseWho You Are Author:Naomi Wolf
“There is no dichotomy between man and God's image. Whoever tortures a human being, whoever abuses a human being, whoever outrages a human being, abuses God's image.” MenHumansHuman BeingsAbuseTortureOutrageDichotomy Author:Oscar Romero
“We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.” IfsShouldHumansPersonsHuman NatureAbuseAngerImperfectWearyBetrayedAbuse Of PowerForbearance Book:Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi Source: Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi
“We make the assumption that everyone sees life the way we do. We assume that others think the way we think, feel the way we feel, judge the way we judge, and abuse the way we abuse. This is the biggest assumption that humans make.” ThinkingWayFeelsHumansMotivationalJudgingAbuseAssumingAssumption Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“But in fact as knowledge expands globally it is being lost locally. This is the paramount truth of the modern history of rural places everywhere in the world. And it is the gravest problem of land use: Modern humans typically are using places whose nature they have never known and whose history they have forgotten; thus ignorant, they almost necessarily abuse what they use.” WorldHumansFactsUseProblemLostKnownModernLandAbuseForgottenIgnorantParamountModern HistoryLand Use Author:Wendell Berry