“Human beings, when they encounter that which can't be understood, either run away from it, run towards it blindly, or just rationalize it out of existence.” HumansRunningHumanityHuman BeingsExistenceBuddhismUnderstoodEncountersRunning AwayRationalize Author:Frederick Lenz
“Literature can teach us how to live before we live, and how to die before we die. I believe that writing is practice for death, and for every (other) transformation human beings encounter.” WritingBelieveHumansDiesLiteratureI BelieveHuman BeingsTeachPracticeTransformationEncounters Author:Jayne Anne Phillips
“Every human encounter is the external embodiment of an attraction between two magnetic fields. The encounter comes suddenly, unexpectedly. It is a moment of truth. It is a moment of revelation, as when the right ray of sun penetrates through the right window pane, and falls with the right slant on one picture in the museum.” HumansTwoMomentsFallSunFieldsWindowAttractionEncountersRevelationsMuseumsRaysPenetrateEmbodimentMagneticMoment Of TruthWindow PanesMagnetic Fields Author:Amalia Kahana-Carmon
“Human kindness has no reward. You should give to others in every way you see. expect absolutely nothing from anyone. It should be your goal to love every human you encounter. All human suffering that you're aware of and continues without your effort to stop it becomes your crime.” WayLoveInspirationalGivingShouldHumansSufferingGoalEffortKindnessAwarenessCrimeRewardsEncountersExpectingContinuingAbsolutely NothingHuman SufferingExpect NothingHuman KindnessGive 100 Percent Author:Louis C. K.
“Man seems merely dust postponed: the sublime as an encounter - pleasurable, intoxicating, even - with human weakness in the face of strength, age and size of the universe.” MenHumansSeemsAgeFacesUniverseWeaknessSizeDustEncountersSublime Book:The Art of Travel Source: The Art of Travel