“If we are to understand the human condition, and if we are to accept ourselves in all the complexity, self-doubt, extravagance of feeling, guilt, joy, the slow freeing of the self to its full capacity for action and creation, both as human being and as artist, we have to know all we can about each other, and we have to be willing to go naked.” IfsKnowsHumansSelfFeelingsActionJoyArtistHumanityHuman BeingsAcceptingDoubtConditionsCreationWillingCapacityGuiltNakedComplexityHuman ConditionExtravaganceSelf-doubt Book:Journal of a Solitude Source: Journal of a Solitude
“I'm a vegetarian now, but I'm willing to make an exception in the event I'm presented with people. Because I've always been fairly standoffish; I have this tendency not to get to know people very well. And I don't think there is any better way to get to know humanity than to ingest it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWellsHumanityEventsWillingTendenciesExceptionVegetarianBetter Ways Author:John S. Hall
“We have accounts of the deification of men in pagan mythology. But I do not remember any account of a god becoming a man, to help man. Whoever heard of Jupiter or Mars or Minerva coming down and attempting to bear the burdens of men? The gods were willing enough to receive the gifts of men, but Christianity is unique in the fact that our God became a man with human infirmity and emptied Himself of the glory of heaven, in order that He might take upon Himself the sins, diseases and weakness of our humanity.” MenHumansEnoughFactsHelpingMightRememberHumanityOrderHeavenSinChristianityHeardWillingBearsBecomingDiseaseUniqueGloryWeaknessAccountsDown AndBurdenMythologyMarsAttemptingPaganInfirmityJupiterMinervaBecoming A Man Author:A. C. Dixon
“I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.” ThinkingAbleHumanityCultureLosesLinesInspireWillingBravery Author:Sandra Bernhard
“Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for it.” LongHumanitySacrificeWillingEndure Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“... many Hindus are willing to consider Jesus as a legitimate manifestation of the divine... many Buddhists see Jesus as one of humanity's most enlightened people.... A shared reappraisal of Jesus' message could provide a unique space or common ground for urgently needed religious dialogue - and it doesn't seem an exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on such dialogue. This reappraisal of Jesus' message may be the only project capable of saving a number of religions.” PeopleMaySeemsHumanityJesusReligiousSpaceCommonNumbersDivineWillingPlanetsDependsNeededProjectsMessagesCapableUniqueDialogueSavingBuddhistManifestationEnlightenedOur PlanetExaggerationCommon Ground Author:Brian D. McLaren
“There is nothing superstitious about forcing bad consequences for the hubris of paternalistic utopianism. Humanity should never be frozen into a vision of the best. A creative society must be willing to tolerate some degree of instability because creativity is inherently unstable.” ShouldHumanityVisionCreativityCreativeWillingDegreesConsequenceTolerateFrozenUnstableSuperstitiousInstabilityHubris Author:Rebecca Goldstein