Quotes:There is a kind of intellectual provincialism in the dogma that 'life is just one damned thing after another.'
Human affairs do not become intelligible until they are seen as a whole.
View quotes by Arnold ToynbeeAncient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the
human lot as we are today.
View quotes by Arthur EricksonWe are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the
human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.
View quotes by Jacob BronowskiIf those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from
human life.
View quotes by Honore De BalzacIt is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. (A Treatise Upon
Human Nature)
View quotes by David HumeI believe that every
human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
View quotes by Neil ArmstrongA wise man should consider that health is the greatest of
human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
View quotes by HippocratesAs far as we can discern, the sole purpose of
human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
View quotes by Carl Gustav JungEconomics is the science which studies
human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.
View quotes by Lord RobbinsI daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice. - Of
Human Bondage
View quotes by W Somerset MaughamReason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them (A Treatise Upon
Human Nature)
View quotes by David HumeThe ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes
human beings from beasts.
View quotes by Heywood BrounAll that a pacifist can undertake - but it is a very great deal - is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another
human creature.
View quotes by Vera BrittainThe spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in
human affairs.
View quotes by Matt BluntThe true object of all
human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
View quotes by Gilbert Keith ChestertonIf all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every
human being who has come my way.
View quotes by Anais NinPoor
human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.
View quotes by Saint John ChrysostomI don't think the
human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change.
View quotes by Bob DylanHuman felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
View quotes by Benjamin FranklinDeath's sting has a new meaning now that the Times of London is including candid descriptions of
human peccadilloes in its obituaries.
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