“As human beings, we have the blessing and the curse that we're able to adapt to almost anything. No matter how extreme the circumstances you're in, they become normal.” HumansMatterAbleHuman BeingsCircumstancesBlessingNormalExtremesCurse Author:Kevin Powers
“I paint to understand my world and my place in it. I paint to pray, to curse, to sort, to number, to structure, to destructure, to bleed, to preserve, to recognize, to see, to hide, to show, to tell, to think, to stop thinking, to detest, to love, to act, to be still, to laugh, to cry, to detest, but mostly to love for now I am human, but in a few short years I will be something else.” ThinkingWorldYearsHumansStillsShowsUnderstandingNumbersLaughingCryPrayingStructurePaintPreservesCurseDetest Author:Janice Tanton
“My mother was convinced, and on this head I have retained her firm belief, that to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state; that it is one of those curses cast upon man either by his fall, or by the obduracy of his own perversity.” MenHumansStatesMotherPurposeFallBeliefAnimalCastsConvincedFleshFirmCurseFeedingVegetarianismShamefulInfirmityPerversityFirm Beliefs Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“Envy and resentment are terribly corrosive passions. To suffer at the sight or even the thought of others' enjoyment of life makes one a committed enemy of human happiness. Such people end up being practically a curse upon the human race. They vandalize life, exerting themselves not in the pursuit of gain or pleasure, but to hinder others' enjoyment.” PeopleHumansEndsSufferingPassionPleasureRaceEnemyGainsSightCommittedEnvyPursuitCurseHuman RaceEnjoymentResentmentHinderHuman Happiness Book:The Making of the Messiah: Christianity and Resentment Source: The Making of the Messiah: Christianity and Resentment
“There is such a thing as righteous judgment, but it seems that lately the word 'judgment' has become a curse word, period. The issue isn't whether or not we're insightful enough to avoid being judgmental, but whether or not we're secure enough to accept being judged. It is inevitable for every conscious human being to judge. It may spring from insight and experience and sincerity, and in such cases, it is quite beneficial on the receiving end.” HumansMayEndsEnoughSeemsHuman BeingsAcceptingCasesIssuesJudgingPeriodsJudgmentSpringConsciousInsightSecureInevitableCurseInsightfulSincerityJudgedReceivingRighteousBeneficialJudgmentalBeing JudgedCurse WordsBeing Judgmental Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Human life is fragile: we live in the space between one breath and the next. We often try to maintain an illusion of permanence, through what we do, say, wear, buy, and how we enjoy ourselves and who and how we love. Yet it is an illusion that is constantly being undermined by change and death. We can use diamonds in whatever way we like. They are empty things, pretty as water, yet within them—if we want to see it—there is blood, dust, love, curses, and suffering. There is desire to make someone happy, there is admiration, there is ostentation…and there is a company’s profit curve.” IfsWayWantTryingHumansUseLife IsDesireSufferingNextEnjoyWaterSpaceCompanyBloodIllusionEmptyBreathsProfitDustHuman LifeCurseAdmirationFragileDiamondCurvesPermanenceSpace BetweenOstentationLife Is FragileMake Someone Happy Author:Victoria Finlay
“Great wealth may be to its owner a blessing or a curse. Alas! I fear it is too often the latter. It hardens the heart, blunts the finer susceptibilities, and transforms into a fiend what under more favourable circumstances might have been a human being.” HumansHeartMayHas BeensMightWealthHuman BeingsCircumstancesBlessingCurseLatterOwnersAlasMight Have BeenSusceptibility Author:Arnold Bennett