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Humanity Quotes (page 265)

Ayn Rand quote: "We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be..."
We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it. Ayn Rand
Plato quote: "virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other..."
virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue. Plato
We live in the Age of the Higher Brain, the cerebral cortex that has grown enormously over the last few millennia, overshadowing the ancient, instinctive lower brain. The cortex is often called the new brain, yet the old brain held sway in humans for millions of years, as it does today in most living things. The old brain can’t conjure up ideas or read. But it does possess the power to feel and, above all, to be. It was the old brain that caused our forebears to sense the closeness of a... Deepak Chopra
It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity no to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills. Simone de Beauvoir
Flannery O'Connor quote: "I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison..."
I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music. Flannery O'Connor
Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe. Douglas Adams
..I find it incredible impossible not to cry when I hear Stevie Nicks's "Landslide," especially the lyric: "I've been afraid of changing, because I've built my life around you." I think a good test to see if a human is actually a robot/android/cylon is to have them listen to this song lyric and study their reaction. If they don't cry, you should stab them through the heart. You will find a fusebox. Mindy Kaling
If all of the steps of surrender are present, then a great Rembrandt or Monet will evoke love because the artist is simply there in all his naked humanity. Deepak Chopra
Art isn't only a painting; it's anything that changes someone for the better, any nonanonymous interaction that leads to a human (not simply a commercial) conclusion. Seth Godin
Art breaks open a dimension inaccessible to other experience, a dimension in which human beings, nature, and things no longer stand under the law of the established reality principle...The encounter with the truth of art happens in the estranging language and images which make perceptible, visible, and audible that which is no longer, or not yet, perceived, said, and heard in everyday life. Herbert Marcuse
People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better. Especially scientists. They may be smart, but most don't understand the heart of nature. They only invent things that, in the end, make people unhappy. Yet they're so proud of their inventions. What's worse, most people are, too. They view them as if they were miracles. They worship them. They don't know it, but they're... Akira Kurosawa
Oscar Wilde quote: "Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods? they worship..."
Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods? they worship us and keep bothering us to do something. Oscar Wilde
....a good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser. Not just more knowledgeable - books that provide nothing but information can produce that result. But wiser, in the sense that you are more deeply aware of the great and enduring truths of human life. Mortimer Adler
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "A human intimacy--free from the earth but blessing the earth."
A human intimacy--free from the earth but blessing the earth. Dag Hammarskjold
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "When it comes to choosing a savior, they won't settle for just..."
When it comes to choosing a savior, they won't settle for just a human being. Chuck Palahniuk

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