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Beings Quotes (page 405)

Robert Fulghum quote: "Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the..."
Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the same. We come into being in the arms of God. Robert Fulghum
Erich Segal quote: "I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of..."
I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons. Erich Segal
W. H. Auden quote: "The slogan of Hell: Eat or be eaten. The slogan of Heaven: Eat..."
The slogan of Hell: Eat or be eaten. The slogan of Heaven: Eat and be eaten. W. H. Auden
Sordid things, for the most part, are what make human beings, my father included, move. That's what it is to be human, I'm afraid. Kurt Vonnegut
That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me them; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted. Ken Kesey
Inside, my soul became so cold I hated everything. I even despised the sun, for I knew I would never be able to play in its warm presence. I cringed with hate whenever I heard other children laughing, as they played outside. My stomach coiled whenever I smelled food that was about to be served to somebody else, knowing it wasn't for me. Dave Pelzer
Charles Spurgeon quote: "Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved..."
Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that! Charles Spurgeon
Human beings must love something, and, in the dearth of worthier objectsof affection, I contrived to find a pleasure in loving and cherishing afaded graven image, shabby as a miniature scarecrow. It puzzles me nowto remember with what absurd sincerity I doated on this little toy, halffancying it alive and capable of sensation. I could not sleep unless it wasfolded in my night-gown; and when it lay there safe and warm, I wascomparatively happy, believing it to be happy likewise. Charlotte Bronte
The aims of these three groups are entirely irreconcilable. The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle is to change places with the High. The aim of the Low, when they have an aim-for it is an abiding characteristic of the Low that they are too much crushed by drudgery to be more than intermittently conscious of anything outside their daily lives -is to abolish all distinctions and create a society in which all men shall be equal. George Orwell
Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "It's a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you've..."
It's a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you've been to all the places you don't need to be. Ursula K. Le Guin
In five hundred years' time, to the historian writing the Decline and Fall of the British Empire, this little episode would not exist. There will be plenty of other causes. You and me and poor Jones will not even figure in a footnote. It will be all economics, politics, battles. Graham Greene
I told myself 'Everything is a being! The shout that passes into the air is an entity like an animal, since it is born, produces a movement, and is again transformed, in order to die. So the fearful mind that believes in incorporeal beings is not wrong. What are they? Guy de Maupassant
And above all, you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and panelling…the question should never be: ‘Do I like that kind of service?’ but ‘Are these doctrines true: Is holiness there? Does my conscience move me towards this? Is my reluctance to move to this door due to my pride, or my mere taste, or my personal dislike for this particular door-keeper? C. S. Lewis
IV? The bounded is loathed by its possessor. The same dull round even of a universe would soon become a mill with complicated wheels. V? If the many become the same as the few, when possess'd, More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul, less than All cannot satisfy Man. VI? If any could desire what he is incapable of possessing, despair must be his eternal lot. VII? The desire of Man being Infinite the possession is Infinite & himself Infinite. William Blake
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to discover the child's natural bent. Plato

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