Being Human Quotes

• Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

  Tony Robbins

  Perfect, Trying, Example

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.594, Simon and Schuster

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• This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Morning

  Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, “The Guest House”

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• You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman.

  Eldridge Cleaver

  Teacher, People, Justice

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• The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

  George Orwell

  Life, Wisdom, Believe

  Shooting an Elephant 'Reflections on Gandhi'

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• As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has-or ever will have-something inside that is unique to all time.

  Fred Rogers

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.19, Penguin

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• Mastery of life is not a question of control, but of finding a balance between human and being...Human is form. Being is formless. Human and Being are not separate but interwoven.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Balance, Mastery, Life Is

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• This is the most exciting part of being human. It is using our brains in the highest way. Otherwise we are just healthy animals

  Edwin Land

  Health, Science, Animal

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• Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.

  Al Franken

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Al Franken (2002). “Oh, the Things I Know!”, p.14, Penguin

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• I am only human, although I regret it.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Regret, Humorous

  Mark Twain (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations”, p.5, Courier Corporation

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• Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.

  Jacqueline Novogratz

  Jobs, Perfection, Thought Provoking

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• It's not wrong to be upset. It's not wrong to cry. It's not wrong to want attention. It's not even wrong to scream or throw a fit. What is wrong is to keep it all inside. What is wrong is to blame and punish yourself for simply being human. What is wrong is to never be heard and to be alone in your pain. Share it. Let it out.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Pain, Recovery, Being Alone

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• Without emotion, what's the point of being human?

  Marie Lu

  Emotion, Humans

  Marie Lu (2013). “Champion: A Legend Novel”, p.115, Penguin

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• I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  "Every Person Has a Purpose" by Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. November 2009.

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• No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance.

  Maya Angelou

  Ignorance, African American, Humanity

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Feb 21, 2010

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• More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of whether we have a religious framework or not. When we nurture this most basic human resource - when we set about cultivating those basic inner values which we all appreciate in others, then we start to live spiritually.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Kindness, Appreciate

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• Being vulnerable, in my opinion, is not a weakness. It's being human. It is allowing yourself to not have all the answers.

  T. Mills

  Weakness, Answers, Opinion

  "Musician T. Mills: On Sacrifice, Morning Pages, and Community". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• To be fully human is...to know that it's possible to face the unimaginable and somehow put one foot in front of the other.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Feet, Faces, Humans

  FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Sep 06, 2011

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• There will be no more 'them and us', only us, sharing struggles and challenges as part of being human.

  Laurie Davidson

  Inspirational, Struggle, Challenges

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• In life, friendships change, divorces happen, people move on, others die. Money and jobs will come and go. Live long enough and your health and body will change. It goes with the territory of being human. The fact that you are still here gives you an advantage. Don't look back. Look straight ahead!! Decide to use all of your knowledge, skills, experiences and your life lessons from your mistakes, defeats and setbacks, to start over again. Life changes. You may not have the same life as before, but you can still enjoy your life!

  Les Brown

  Jobs, Mistake, Life Changing

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• Storytelling has always been at the heart of being human because it serves some of our most basic needs: passing along our traditions, confessing failings, healing wounds, engendering hope, strengthening our sense of community.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Healing, Heart, Community

  Parker J. Palmer (2009). “A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life”, p.122, John Wiley & Sons

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• I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human.

  Sting

  Pain, Knowledge, Thinking

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• You don’t need to be a completely complete human right now … That’s what makes you human.

  Tavi Gevinson

  Inspirational, Funny, Being Yourself

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• Merely being human is morally significant.

  Alice Crary

  Significant, Humans

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• We can make ourselves whole only by accepting our partiality, by living within our limits, by being humans not by trying to be gods.

  Wendell Berry

  Simple, Trying, Limits

  Wendell Berry (2003). “The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry”, p.292, Counterpoint

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• Christianity is an entirely new way of being human.

  Maximus the Confessor

  Way, Christianity, Humans

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