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Humanities Quotes (page 246)

Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the..."
I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart. Arthur Conan Doyle
Jodi Picoult quote: "There is a reason the word belonging has a synonym for want at..."
There is a reason the word belonging has a synonym for want at its center; it is the human condition. Jodi Picoult
H. Allen Smith quote: "Personally, I never admired communists because they operate on..."
Personally, I never admired communists because they operate on the theory that human beings are nice people. H. Allen Smith
Let us be those creative dissenters who will call our beloved nation to a higher destiny. To a new plateau of compassion, to a more noble expression of humanness. Martin Luther King jr.
W. H. Auden quote: "Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm;"
Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm; W. H. Auden
Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity. Baroness Orczy
William Shakespeare quote: "A Devil, a born Devil on whose nature, nurture can never..."
A Devil, a born Devil on whose nature, nurture can never stick, on whom my pain, humanly taken, all lost, quite lost... William Shakespeare
Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Nelson Mandela
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "Rant would tell people: 'You're a different human being to..."
Rant would tell people: 'You're a different human being to everybody you meet. Chuck Palahniuk
The more you think about it, the more amazing the everyday world of human beings becomes: most of it doesn't actually exist at all. Terry Prachett
Mark Twain quote: "If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we..."
If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times. Mark Twain
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. Nelson Mandela
We stand by as children starve by the millions because we lack the will to eliminate hunger. Yet we have found the will to develop missiles capable of flying over the polar cap and landing within a few feet of their target. This is not innovation. It is a profound distortion of humanity's purpose on earth. Mark Hatfield
Ben Okri quote: "We can redream this world and make the dream come real. Human..."
We can redream this world and make the dream come real. Human beings are gods hidden from themselves. Ben Okri
Whenever I put the headset on now," he'd continued, "I really do understand what I find there. When those kids sing about 'She loves you,' yeah well, you know, she does, she's any number of people, all over the world, back through time, different colors, sizes, ages, shapes, distances from death, but she loves. And the 'you' is everybody. And herself. Oedipa, the human voice, you know, it's a flipping miracle." His eyes brimming, reflecting the color of beer."Baby," she said, helpless,... Thomas Pynchon

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