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“We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten our former states, except in early spring when we slightly recall being green again.”

Humans States Animal Spring Green Plant Forgotten Former Recalls Being Human Minerals Plant Life Early Spring

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“Maybe the tragedy of the human race was that we had forgotten that we are each divine.”

Humans Race Divine Tragedy Forgotten Human Race

Author:Shirley MacLaine

“A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to reveal, upon being opened, the marvels or the abysses that it contains, or the line that seems to have been written for me alone. In this respect the writer is not different from any other human being: whatever we say or do can have far-reaching consequences.”

“We cannot enter the realm of the heart where one gender, representing half of the human race, is subordinated, suppressed, or forgotten. In fact, such a system negatively affects both men and women, holding us all back from true integration, collaboration, and union.”

Men Inspirational Humans Heart Facts Race Half Men And Women Unions Forgotten Gender Human Race Realms Collaboration Integration Representing

Book:The Global Heart Awakens: Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love

Source: The Global Heart Awakens: Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love

“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.”

World Humans Facts Use Problem Lost Known Modern Land Abuse Forgotten Ignorant Paramount Modern History Land Use

Author:Wendell Berry

“There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this a writer is gentle and kindly where another man is severe and unkind.”

Knows Men Humans Littles Dies Knowing Pride Forgotten Gentle Severe Another Man Unkind

Book:The Man with the Heart in the Highlands & Other Early Stories

Source: The Man with the Heart in the Highlands & Other Early Stories