“There is one great and universal wish of mankind expressed in all religions, in all art and philosophy, and in all human life: the wish to pass beyond himself as he now is.” HumansArtPhilosophyHumanityWishPsychologyMankindUniversalHuman Life Author:Beatrice M. Hinkle
“Existentialist philosophy recognizes the existence of the individual as the real purpose of human life. The recognition is basically atheistic and it encourages the individual to free himself from the impositions of custom, governmental authority, economic pressures, and cultural inhibitions.” HumansRealPhilosophyPurposeIndividualExistenceAtheismEconomicAuthorityPressurePositive AtheismRecognitionHuman LifeCustomsAtheisticInhibitionsImpositionExistentialist Author:Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
“There is more in a human life than our theories of it allow. Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path. You may remember this "something" as a signal moment in childhood when an urge out of nowhere, a fascination, a peculiar turn of events struck like an annunciation: This is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am.” HumansMayPhilosophyMomentsSeemsRememberTurnsPathChildhoodEventsParticularTheoryWho I AmHuman LifeUrgesPeculiarSooner Or LaterSignalsFascination Author:James Hillman
“Throughout history, independent minds have carried mankind forward. Whether they identified how to make fire or manufacture tools, develop rational philosophy or create man-glorifying art, pioneer scientific knowledge or invent the electric light, independent thinkers have created the goods on which human life and prosperity depend.” MenMindHumansArtPhilosophyLightFireMankindDependsToolsIndependentProsperityRationalHuman LifeGoodsThinkerElectricPioneersScientific KnowledgeElectric Light Author:Andrew Bernstein
“Because a human is a someone and not a something, the source of human life must also be a Someone - not the blind, automatic forces of nature, as philosophies like naturalism and materialism tell us.” HumansPhilosophyForceSourceBlindHuman LifeMaterialismNaturalismForces Of Nature Author:Nancy Pearcey