Human Condition Quotes - Page 15

• To think is to say 'no.'

  Emile Chartier

  Thinking, Nihilism

  "The Citizen against the Powers". Book by Emile Chartier, 1926.

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• One must be something to be able to do something.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Able

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• Many people wait throughout their whole lives for the chance to be good in their own fashion.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Fashion, People, Waiting

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• Scoundrels are always sociable.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Scoundrels, Sociable

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• It's the desire to study the human condition, the desire for collaboration, to learn and absorb, and to lead a well-examined life.

  Nicole Kidman

  Desire, Collaboration, Study

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Jan 11, 2017

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• Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race, or servitude.

  Adrienne Rich

  Sex, Race, Speak

  Adrienne Rich (1976). “Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution”

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• A writer or any suffering artist-to-be is just an instrument too finely set to the human condition [...]

  Gary Shteyngart

  Artist, Suffering, Instruments

  Gary Shteyngart (2014). “Little Failure: A Memoir”, p.87, Random House

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• Why would you design something if it didn't improve the human condition?

  Niels Diffrient

  Design, Humans, Conditions

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• After a certain age, the more one becomes oneself, the more obvious one's family traits become.

  Marcel Proust

  Age, Certain, Obvious

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• Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life... but what is that something?

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Priceless, Life Is, Human Life

  Night Flight ch. 14 (1931)

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• What do I mean by sin? Answer: Any human condition or act that robs God of glory by stripping one of His children of their right to divine dignity. ... I can offer still another answer: 'Sin is any act or thought that robs myself or another human being of his or her self-esteem'.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Children, Self Esteem, Mean

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• Human life is an extension of the principles of nature, and human civilization is a venture extrapolated out of human natures: man and his natural potential are the root of the entire human domain. The great task of all philosophizing is to become competent to interpret and steer the potential developmental forces in human natures and in the human condition, both of which are prodigiously fatalistic.

  Kenny Smith

  Philosophy, Men, Civilization

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• In every aspect of life, purity and holiness, cleanliness and refinement, exalt the human condition . . . Even in the physical realm, cleanliness will conduce to spirituality.

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Holiness, Spirituality, Cleanliness

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• For many men that stumble at the threshold are well foretold that danger lurks within.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Danger, Threshold

  William Shakespeare, John D. Cox, Eric Rasmussen (2001). “King Henry VI Part 3: Third Series”, p.324, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• If, as I believe, the ends of men are many, and not all of them are in principle compatible with each other, then the possibility of conflict - and of tragedy - can never wholly be eliminated from human life, either personal or social. The necessity of choosing between absolute claims is then an inescapable characteristic of the human condition. This gives its value to freedom as Acton conceived of it - as an end in itself, and not as a temporary need, arising out of our confused notions and irrational and disordered lives, a predicament which a panacea could one day put right.

  Isaiah Berlin

  Confused, Believe, Men

  "Liberty" by Isaiah Berlin, edited by Henry Hardy, ("Two Concepts of Liberty"), 2002.

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• A digital frontier to reshape the human condition.

  Kevin Flynn

  Digital, Humans, Frontiers

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• Flowers are not symbols of power. Flowers are too brief, too frail, to elicit much hope of eternity. In truth, flowers are far removed from the human condition and from all human hope. For a moment, in that moment, flowers are simply beautiful.

  Sharman Apt Russell

  Beautiful, Flower, Moments

  Sharman Apt Russell (2002). “Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers”, p.2, Basic Books

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• Redemption in Christ should give the artistically gifted not only a new orientation and a new sense of purpose, but also a new vision of reality, seeing the world through the eyes of faith, looking at the human condition through the eyes of Christ.

  John Walford

  Art, Eye, Reality

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• Many a crown shines spotless now that yet was deeply sullied in the winning.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Winning, Shining, Crowns

  Friedrich Schiller (1871). “The Works of Frederick Schiller: Historical and Dramatic”, p.318

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• We often forgive those who bore us, but never those whom we bore.

  Francois Truffaut

  Forgiving, Bores

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• Globalization has considerably accelerated in recent years following the dizzying expansion of communications and transport and the equally stupefying transnational mergers of capital. We must not confuse globalization with "internationalism" though. We know that the human condition is universal, that we share similar passions, fears, needs and dreams, but this has nothing to do with the "rubbing out" of national borders as a result of unrestricted capital movements. One thing is the free movement of peoples, the other of money.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Dream, Money, Communication

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• Other kingdoms are still present on earth along with the kingdom of the heavens. That is the human condition.

  Dallas Willard

  Heaven, Earth, Kingdoms

  Dallas Willard (2009). “The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God”, p.54, Harper Collins

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• Over time, I started becoming more aware of the vastness and complexity of the universe, which led me away from any sort of conventional Christianity. I still love the teachings of Christ, but I also believe that the human condition prevents us from having any true objective knowledge of the universe. All human belief systems are inherently flawed. If I had to label myself now, I'd call myself a Taoist-Christian-agnostic quantum mechanic. Also, there's nothing in the actual Bible that limits a Christian in their interest in science. Anti-science is a function of ignorant fundamentalism.

  Moby

  Christian, Teaching, Believe

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• If a woman writes about herself, she’s a narcissist. If a man does the
  same, he’s describing the human condition. But people seem to evaluate
  your work based on how much they relate to it, so it’s like, well, who’s
  the narcissist?

  Emily Gould

  Writing, Men, People

  "Who's the narcissist" by Eryn Loeb, therumpus.net. May 11, 2010.

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• Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation.

  Bill Gates

  Innovation, Good Things, Footnotes

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