Being Human Quotes - Page 15

• To my mind, there is a reason that music is there and it's about being human.

  Kim Deal

  Mind, Reason, Music Is

  "It used to be about music. Now, without the drink, it's good to go back to that". Interview with Jude Rogers, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2009.

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• Part of being human is that we can’t go back, we can only hope that if we come across that moment again we’ll do it the right way.

  Jesse Lacey

  Way, Moments, That Moment

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• Through all the centuries of the worship of the mindless, whatever stagnation humanity chose to endure, whatever brutality to practice-it was only by the grace of the men who perceived that wheat must have water in order to grow, that stones laid in a curve will form an arch, that two and two make four, that love is not served by torture and life is not fed by destruction-only by the grace of those men did the rest of them learn to experience moments when they caught the spark of being human.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Love Is, Two

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• The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.

  Nick Hornby

  Needs, Dramatic, Poet

  "How does it feel to be a woman? First, the Good News..." by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2001.

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• Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fun

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.606, Simon and Schuster

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  A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Beauty, Spiritual

  Letter of 1950, as quoted in "The New York Times", March 29, 1972.

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• Music is part of being human.

  Oliver Sacks

  Musical, Music Is, Humans

  Oliver Sacks (2011). “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain”, p.278, Pan Macmillan

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• Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music

  Charles Baudelaire

  Dancing, Merit, Mysterious

  Charles Baudelaire (1986). “La Fanfarlo”

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• Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Friendship, Thank You

  Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, “The Guest House”

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• The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Greatness, Humanity

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• There are too many people, and too few human beings.

  Robert Zend

  Sad, People, Charity

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• Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that I am good enough, and that my imperfections are part of being human. I let go of shame.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Who I Am, Imperfection

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