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“Our dreams of bringing the whole of human history under the control of the human will are ironically refuted by the fact that no group of idealists can easily move the pattern of history toward the desired goal of peace and justice. The recalcitrant forces in the historical drama have a power and persistence beyond our reckoning.”

Source: Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics: (Library of America #263)

“It is a truth of human nature that we can ponder life's mysteries for only so long before we lose interest and move on to something else.”

Humans Long Moving Interest Loses Mystery Human Nature Pondering

Book:P Is for Peril

Source: P Is for Peril

“A time comes when silence is betrayal. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government's policy, especially in time of war. Nor does the human spirit move without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought, within one's own bosom and in the surrounding world.”

“I think we need to find a way to provide people with a reason that the average man on the street can grasp and embrace, that would cause him to move away from the centuries-old idea of the individual and individualism, and move toward a different concept of what it means to be human in a collective society. Unless he has that reason, unless he has a fundamental reason to do that, it's going to be very difficult to cause him to make that shift, in my view.”

“Chad Michael Ward is a master of the storytelling craft. His imagery, both still and moving, reaches deep into the darkest corners of the mind, combining the macabre and the sensuous Revealing humanity's secret daydream atrocities. CMW taps into our most excitable of emotions with a blend of fear and human sexuality. Like an erotic car accident we can not look away from.”

“I'm human -- all I do is try to do my job. When I don't do it, the way it happened today, it's out of my control. He put the ball in play and it happened to find a hole. I wish I could take it back, but I can't. You move on.”

Way Trying Humans I Can Play Today Jobs Moving Wish Happened Balls Holes

Author:Mariano Rivera

“Human beings are attracted to novelty: to probe the adjacent possible. We didnt stay in the caves. We didnt stay on the planet, and soon we wont stay within the limitations of our biology. We move forward. We transcend our limits. We go to the moon, and we create the Internet.”

Humans Moving Human Beings Planets Internet Moon Limits Moving Forward Limitation Biology Caves Novelty

Author:Jason Silva

“Last year, [Pope Francis] was asked about his secret to happiness. He said slow down. Take time off. Live and let live. Don't proselytize. Work for peace. Work at a job that offers basic human dignity. Don't hold on to negative feelings. Move calmly through life. Enjoy art, books and playfulness.”

“We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even in chaos and madness, theres still a beauty that comes from just the vibrancy of another human spirit.”

Humans Stills Reason Moving Joy Spirit Circumstances Madness Chaos Human Spirit Radiance Vibrancy

Author:Ishmael Beah

“Human ingenuity has given centuries to the goal of ensuring that the human body might move around at an even 68 degrees all year.”

Years Humans Body Might Moving Given Goal Modern Century Degrees Human Body Modern Life Ingenuity

Author:Lance Morrow

“For many years I was trying to find answers only through books but then I realized that basically, life is about experience and the thing that you have to do is experience life instead of only reading about it. Reading is very important, but it's not enough. After reading, you have to take some decisions in your hands and move forward and be the human being that you are, and then going and meeting people and work.”

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Author:Paulo Coelho

“Throughout history, human exploitation of the earth has produced this progression: colonize-destroy-move on.”

Humans Earth Moving Exploitation Progression

Book:Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos

Source: Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos