“What we see in this world is a gross abnormality. The human consciousness fails to perceive the very simple, divine nature of every atom in every moment.” WorldHumansMomentsHumanitySimpleConsciousnessFailingThis WorldDivineBuddhismPerceiveAtomsGrossHuman ConsciousnessDivine NatureAbnormality Author:Frederick Lenz
“When humans act like animals, they become the most dangerous of animals to themselves and other humans, and this is because of another critical difference between humans and animals: Whereas animals are usually restrained by the limits of physical appetites, humans have mental appetites that can be far more gross and capacious than physical ones. Only humans squander and hoard, murder and pillage because of notions.” HumansDifferencesAnimalDangerousLimitsMurderNotionCriticalAppetiteConsumerismGrossOverconsumptionHumans And Animals Author:Wendell Berry
“I don't agree with you in saying that in all human minds there is poetry. Man as he came from the hand of his Maker was poetic in both mind and body, but the gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.” MenMindHumansBodyHandsSpiritualEnvironmentCivilizationAgreeDestroyedPoeticHuman MindMakersGrossMind And BodyDestroyed Nature Author:John Muir
“For, according to the teachings of Islam, moral knowledge automatically forces moral responsibility upon man. A mere Platonic discernment between Right and Wrong, without the urge to promote Right and to destroy Wrong, is a gross immorality in itself, for morality lives and dies with the human endeavour to establish its victory upon earth.” MenHumansEarthDiesForceResponsibilityMoralTeachingVictoryMoralityMereIslamUrgesGrossDiscernmentEndeavourImmoralityPlatonicMoral Responsibility Book:Islam at the Crossroads Source: Islam at the Crossroads