Human Life Quotes - Page 4

• The impact of space activities
  is nothing less than the galvanizing
  of hope and imagination for human life continuum
  into a future of infinite possibility.

  Vanna Bonta

  Impact, Space, Imagination

  "The Impact of Space Activities Upon Society". Book co-sponsored by The International Academy of Astronautics and The European Space Agency, February 2005.

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• One of the greatest things in human life is the ability to make plans. Even if they never come true-the joy of anticipating is irrevocably yours. That way one can live many more than just one life.

  Maria von Trapp

  Joy, Way, Life Is

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• Finally, if life happened by chance on this earth and evolved upward, then it could seemingly happen elsewhere in the universe. But if, as we believe, human life resulted from a purposeful act of God, and if sin is inevitable for such beings, and if the human soul is the prize for which Satan and God do battle, then it hardly makes sense to have this same process repeated on countless other planets throughout the cosmos.

  Dave Hunt

  Believe, Soul, Battle

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• Why has time disappeared in our culture? How is it that after decades of inventions and new technologies devoted to saving time and labor, the result is that there is no time left? We are a time-poor society; we are temporally impoverished. And there is no issue, no aspect of human life, that exceeds this in importance. The destruction of time is literally the destruction of life.

  Jacob Needleman

  Life, Time, Philosophy

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• Aspirations must be pure and free of selfishness. Arising from the depths of the soul, aspirations are spiritual demands penetrating all of a human life and making it possible for a person to die for their sake. A person without aspirations is like a ship without a rudder or a horse without a bridle. Aspirations give consistent order to life.

  Mas Oyama

  Spiritual, Horse, Order

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• Yielding to Jesus will break every form of slavery in any human life.

  Oswald Chambers

  Jesus, Slavery, Break

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.146, Discovery House

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• Out of the long list of nature’s gifts to man, none is perhaps so utterly essential to human life as soil.

  Hugh Hammond Bennett

  Life, Nature, Men

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• Only when we accept and forgive all that is or has been the good, the bad, and the ugly of our human lives can we get off the guilt trip and back into the flow. That means we must love our humanness and all of our failings; we must accept, learn from, and yes, even love our mistakes.

  Sonia Choquette

  Mistake, Mean, Forgiving

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• The cause of all our personal problems and nearly all the problems of the world can be summed up in a single sentence: Human life is very deep, and our modern dominant lifestyle is not.

  Bo Lozoff

  World, Causes, Problem

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• I do not hesitate to proclaim before you and before the world that all human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God.

  Pope John Paul II

  World, Sacred, Life Is

  Pope John Paul II (1979). “U.S.A.--the Message of Justice, Peace, and Love: Pastoral Visit of Pope John Paul II, October 1-7, 1979”

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• Life is more than matter. If it were just matter, there would be no need for comfort. Matter does not feel comfort or discomfort, beauty or ugliness, love or compassion, joy or sorrow. Will a chair ever feel sorry or happy? No, matter does not have these finer values. They belong to the realm of the spirit. But life is also more than spirit. If it were just spirit, there would be no need for water, food, or rest. Human life is a combination of both matter and spirit.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Sorry, Compassion, Water

  "The Qualities of a Spiritual Life" by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 17, 2011.

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• Unless the distant goals of meaning, greatness, and destiny are addressed, we can't make an intelligent decision about what to do tomorrow morning -- much less set strategy for a company or for a human life. Nothing is more practical than for people to deepen themselves. The more you understand the human condition, the more effective you are as a businessperson. Human depth makes business sense.

  Peter Koestenbaum

  Morning, Intelligent, Greatness

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• I extend my appreciation to the associations, movements and all those who defend human life.

  Pope Francis

  Appreciation, Movement, Association

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• Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually have comic touches to the victim. Happiness probably consists largely in the capacity to detect and relish them. A man who can laugh, if only at himself, is never really miserable.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Laughing, Tragedy

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.21, Knopf

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• People who like to cook like to talk about food....without one cook giving another cook a tip or two, human life might have died out a long time ago.

  Laurie Colwin

  Two, Long, People

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• Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy of human life and action and concerns everybody and everything. It is the pith of civilization and of man's human existence.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Philosophy, Men, Civilization

  Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

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• Human life, the person is no longer perceived as a primary value to be respected and protected, especially if poor or disabled, if not yet useful - such as the unborn child - or no longer needed - such as the elderly.

  Pope Francis

  Children, Elderly, Unborn Child

  "Pope Francis, one year later -- calling us to a deeper faith" By Maureen M. Ferguson, www.foxnews.com. March 13, 2014.

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• Fortuitous circumstances constitute the molds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.

  Olympia Brown

  Fate, Majority, Mold

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• We the Living is not a novel 'about Soviet Russia.' It is a novel about Man against the State. Its basic theme is the sanctity of human life - using the word 'sanctity' not in a mystical sense, but in the sense of 'supreme value.'

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Russia, Theme

  Ayn Rand (2009). “We the Living”, p.10, Penguin

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• The basic wisdom of Shambhala is that in this world, as it is, we can find a good and meaningful human life that will also serve others. That is our true richness.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Meaningful, World, Richness

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.118, Shambhala Publications

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• There is something which unites magic and applied science (technology) while separating them from the "wisdom" of earlier ages. For the wise men of old, the cardinal problem of human life was how to conform the soul to objective reality, and the solution was wisdom, self-discipline , and virtue. For the modern, the cardinal problem is how to conform reality to the wishes of man, and the solution is a technique.

  C. S. Lewis

  Wise, Reality, Men

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• We are only living truly human lives just so far as we are labouring to keep God's commandments; no further.

  J. I. Packer

  Humans, Commandments

  J.I. Packer (2011). “Knowing God”, p.100, Hachette UK

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• Inwardly you are God, outwardly you are a person. Instead of thinking you are just a person, that appearance, you can awake to the power behind you, the safety within you, the source of inspiration and guidance at the heart of your human life. This enables you to be yourself even more so.

  Douglas Harding

  Being Yourself, Inspiration, Heart

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• The test of the life of a saint is not success, but faithfulness in human life as it actually is. We will set up success in Christian work as the aim; the aim is to manifest the glory of God in human life, to live the life hid with Christ in God in human conditions. Our human relationships are the actual conditions in which the ideal life of God is to be exhibited.

  Oswald Chambers

  Christian, Live Life, Tests

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.652, Discovery House

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• OCTOBER BABY is a profoundly beautiful story and a powerful testament to the importance of every human life.

  Marjorie Dannenfelser

  Beautiful, Baby, Powerful

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