“To watch THE WAITING ROOM is to wish it would never end. This is human drama at its most intense and universal. The rare film that can change the way you think and see the world.” ThinkingWorldWayHumansEndsFilmWishWaitingRoomsWatchesDramaUniversalIntenseWaiting Rooms Author:Mick LaSalle
“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
“Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect.” FirstsStillsWishDiscoveryUniversalOrthodoxSooner Or LaterOrthodoxySectsNew Discoveries Book:Ultramontanism: Or, The Roman Church and Modern Society Source: Ultramontanism: Or, The Roman Church and Modern Society
“It is not my purpose as a poet to condemn war (or to be exact, modern warfare). I only wish to present the universal aspects of a particular event.” WarPurposeWishModernEventsParticularPoetAspectUniversalWarfareModern Warfare Author:Herbert Read
“Envy is the most universal passion. We only pride ourselves on the qualities we possess, or think we possess; but we envy the pretensions we have, and those which we have not, and do not even wish for. We envy the greatest qualities and every trifling advantage. We envy the most ridiculous appearance or affectation of superiority. We envy folly and conceit; nay, we go so far as to envy whatever confers distinction of notoriety, even vice and infamy.” ThinkingPassionWishQualityPrideAdvantageUniversalVicesAppearanceEnvyRidiculousFollyDistinctionSuperiorityConceitPretensionTriflingInfamyNotoriety Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“Some sort of belief in all-powerful supernatural beings is common, if not universal. A tendency to obey authority, perhaps especially in children, a tendency to believe what you're told, a tendency to fear your own death, a tendency to wish to see your loved ones who have died, to wish to see them again, a wish to understand where you came from, where the world came from, all these psychological predispositions, under the right cultural conditions, tend to lead to people believing in things for which there is no evidence.” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveChildrenBeliefWishPowerfulCommonConditionsAuthorityEvidenceUniversalDiedTendenciesPsychologicalLoved OnesSupernatural Beings Author:Richard Dawkins
“Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense.” LoveBelieveWholeWisdomMightLyingHopeWishKnowledgeConceptsUniversalSpeciesWelfareUniversal LoveSelfish Gene Author:Richard Dawkins
“Today there are no fairy tales for us to believe in, and this is possibly a reason for the universal prevalence of mental crack-up. Yes, if we were childish in the past, I wish we could be children once again.” IfsBelieveChildrenReasonTodayPastWishUniversalTalesFairyCracksFairy Tale Author:Anita Loos