“We talk about, you know, diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well, you know there are people who don't have that problem because they're not getting any food! We have so many deep problems and issues facing humanity.” PeopleKnowsGivingWellsProblemBigsKidsHumanityIssuesDietsBig ThingsObesityFast Food Author:Chris Noth
“If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine.” PeopleIfsPainHumanityCrimePhotographyImpactEverydayUpsetShakesRoutineAnguishCrimes Against HumanityEveryday Routine Author:James Nachtwey
“I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be, whether it's subsumed within a human being or between two human beings. I want to help us hold a mirror to ourselves.” PeopleWantHumansLooksMayTwoHelpingBigsHumanityHuman BeingsSituationMirrors Author:Mira Nair
“The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become my religion - others pray in church. It's a banality, but you don't possess art, it possesses you. It's like falling in love.” PeopleArtHumanityFallPassionChurchReligiousCommonPrayingMessagesArt IsFalling In LoveBelieverBanalityCommon HumanityPassion For Art Author:Francois Pinault
“We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.” PeopleHumanityEnvironmentPleasantBeneficial Author:John C. Portman, Jr.
“I think there is an immense charm and humanity about the Bollywood structure, probably in the way there was about Hollywood film in the '30s and '40s. Somehow they were less distracted about hardware, and more about production values and people, you know?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFilmValuesHumanityHollywoodStructureProductionsCharmImmenseDistractedHardwareBollywoodHollywood Films Author:Julian Sands
“Now, for Romney to believe that somebody's grandmother is going to be so cut off she is going to self deport... He certainly shows no concern for the humanity of people who are already here... I think you have to live in worlds of Swiss bank accounts and Cayman Island accounts and automatic $20 million a year income with no work to have some fantasy this far from reality.” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsBelieveSelfShowsRealityHumanityMillionsFantasyCuttingRepublicanConcernAccountsIncomeIslandsGrandmotherRomneyBank AccountsSwissCayman Islands Author:Newt Gingrich
“We live in a world filled with automobiles, highways of the mind, urban disasters, billions of people living on a tiny planet, sharing the diminishing natural resources of the earth.” PeopleWorldMindEarthHumanityNaturalPlanetsBuddhismResourcesFilledBillionsTinyDisasterUrbanHighwaysAutomobileLiving OnNatural Resources Author:Frederick Lenz
“We remember a few people who've been enlightened. We build churches and edifices in their name. But few people, if any, feel that they could ever be like that; and if that's how they feel - that's how it will be.” PeopleIfsFeelsRememberHumanityNamesChurchBuddhismEnlightenedEdifice Author:Frederick Lenz
“In the West people are basically oblivious to power, solstices, enlightenment and everything that matters.” PeopleMatterHumanityBuddhismEnlightenmentWestObliviousSolstice Author:Frederick Lenz
“Everything is stuck together. People are stuck together. They can't change. Ideas are stuck together - they're irrevocable. We think that the end of the universe is as far as the telescope can see.” PeopleThinkingIdeasEndsTogetherHumanityUniverseBuddhismStuckCan't ChangeTelescopesIrrevocable Author:Frederick Lenz
“This world we exist in is populated by people who have really shut themselves off from life.” PeopleWorldHumanityThis WorldBuddhism Author:Frederick Lenz
“People think they can tame the earth. How absurd! The vanity of human wishes is endless. It is more fun to dance with life.” PeopleThinkingHumansEarthHumanityFunWishBuddhismEndlessAbsurdVanity Author:Frederick Lenz
“People on this planet are currently preparing to blow themselves up in ultimate thermonuclear wars. We are living among beings whose state of mind is destruction.” PeopleMindWarStatesHumanityPlanetsBuddhismDestructionUltimateBlowState Of MindPreparingNuclear War Author:Frederick Lenz
“People are kept in line in society because they fear punishment. The assumption that underlies this mentality is that a human being will follow their desires without mitigation.” PeopleHumansDesireHumanityLinesHuman BeingsBuddhismPunishmentAssumptionMentality Author:Frederick Lenz
“Obstructions on the way to enlightenment, are you kidding? Hey, they crucify people here. You think this is an easy place?” PeopleThinkingWayHumanityEasyBuddhismEnlightenmentHeyObstruction Author:Frederick Lenz
“Whether it's a fully enlightened Christ or Buddha, or just a more aware Martin Luther King, Kennedy or Gandhi, what did they do with them here? They shoot them, crucify them, and get them out of the way because people are afraid of truth.” PeopleWayHumanityChristBuddhismKingsEnlightenedLuther Author:Frederick Lenz
“Spiritual people are often persecuted because of their beliefs. Christians were fed to the lions. Jews were slaughtered in concentration camps. Various forms of persecution still exist today throughout the world.” PeopleWorldStillsTodayChristianSpiritualFormHumanityBeliefBuddhismJewVariousConcentrationFedsLionsCampsPersecutionPersecutedConcentration Camp Author:Frederick Lenz
“Humanity actually has the gall to feel they are more advanced than they were; technology somehow defines intelligence. If technology enables you to kill more people, that doesn't define intelligence. An intelligent species survives.” PeopleIfsFeelsHumanityTechnologyBuddhismIntelligentSpecies Author:Frederick Lenz
“In our world, in our pre-World War III condition, meditation is considered a cult activity and people who practice self-discovery are actually persecuted and ridiculed.” PeopleWorldWarSelfHumanityPracticeMeditationConditionsBuddhismActivityDiscoverySelf DiscoveryWar Of The WorldsOur WorldWorld War IiWorld War ICultPersecuted Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is a world of deaf, dumb and blind people out there, who are shuffling through their lives, not knowing how wonderful life can be. They have their moments, but they are very unconscious.” PeopleWorldMomentsHumanityKnowingWonderfulBuddhismBlindDumbUnconsciousNot KnowingDeafWonderful LifeShufflingBlind People Author:Frederick Lenz
“That's why we call this a dark age. It's a dark age in the sense that there are so many people on the earth who are un-attuned that they create such a level of white noise, in a sense, that it drowns out things that we'd like to see.” PeopleAgeEarthHumanityDarkWhiteLevelsBuddhismNoiseDark AgesWhite Noise Author:Frederick Lenz
“Very few people are happy in this world. Most are miserable. Even in their so-called happiness, they are unhappy; it is so short of ecstasy, of god-consciousness; it's almost pitiful.” PeopleWorldHumanityConsciousnessThis WorldBuddhismUnhappyMiserableEcstasyPitiful Author:Frederick Lenz
“What these people do here is obviously not working. They sit in their commuter traffic hour after hour. They make the earth a toxic waste dump.” PeopleEarthHumanityHoursBuddhismWasteToxicTrafficDumpAfter HoursToxic Waste Author:Frederick Lenz
“When we see a hero, on the one hand, we applaud them; on the other hand, there is something in a lot of people that wants to tear the hero down.” PeopleWantHandsHumanityTearsBuddhismHero Author:Frederick Lenz
“The aura of billions of people coats all experiences like a thick cloud of smog. Just to live on the earth is to live in that smog.” PeopleEarthHumanityBuddhismCloudsBillionsThickCoatsAurasSmog Author:Frederick Lenz
“Slow down. Enjoy life. It's tough to slow down if your mind is going a million miles a second. It's tough to slow down if you think what these people do here matters.” PeopleIfsThinkingMindMatterHumanityEnjoyMillionsBuddhismMindfulnessToughMilesEnjoy LifeSlow Down Author:Frederick Lenz
“The best thing that you can do to deal with these high speed times is to slow down, inwardly, to take a little more time for meditation, a little more time to enjoy your morning cup of coffee or tea, and to look around at the people in your life with a little more love.” PeopleLooksLittlesHumanityEnjoyCan DoDealsMorningMeditationBuddhismSpeedCoffeeCupsTeaBest ThingsMore TimeSlow DownCoffee CupPeople In Your LifeHigh Speed Author:Frederick Lenz
“We feel crowded by other people; we feel crowded by social rules; we feel crowded by ourselves, mainly.” PeopleFeelsHumanitySocialBuddhismCrowded Author:Frederick Lenz
“When a civilization, a race, a people, a society, when they lack love, they are soon destroyed.” PeopleHumanityRaceBuddhismCivilizationDestroyed Author:Frederick Lenz
“I'm always watching people over a short time frame, putting them in an extreme position. Sometimes you don't see the humanity in a person because the time frame is so short and the circumstance so extreme.” PeoplePersonsSometimesHumanityPositionCircumstancesExtremesShort Time Author:Irvine Welsh