Human Spirit Quotes - Page 13

• The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

  Anthony Storr

  Heaven, Glimpse, Spirit

  Anthony Storr (2005). “Solitude: A Return to the Self”, p.61, Simon and Schuster

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• ...good things happen to the human spirit when it is left alone.

  John Taylor Gatto

  Inspiring, Spirit, Good Things

  John Taylor Gatto, Thomas Moore (2013). “Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling”, p.59, New Society Publishers

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• Aristotle taught that stars are made of a different matter than the four earthly elements— a quintessence— that also happens to be what the human psyche is made of. Which is why man’s spirit corresponds to the stars. Perhaps that’s not a very scientific view, but I do like the idea that there’s a little starlight in each of us.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Stars, Men, Views

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Love in the Afternoon”, p.41, Macmillan

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• That our knowledge only illuminates a small corner of the Universe, that it is incomplete, approximate, tentative and merely probable need not concert us. It is genuine nevertheless. Physical science stands as one of the great achievements of the human spirit.

  Arthur David Ritchie

  Knowledge, Science, Achievement

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• A box is more a coffin for the human spirit than an inspiration.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Inspiration, Science, Coffins

  Frank Lloyd Wright (1995). “Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1949-1959”, Rizzoli International Publications

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• The human spirit fails, except when the Holy Spirit fills.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Life Changing, Spirit, Failing

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• No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.

  William J. Clinton

  Inspirational Life, Overcoming, Energy

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• After the terrible events of last week, there is still the shock and disbelief; there is anger; there is fear; but there is also, throughout the world, a profound sense of solidarity; there is courage; there is a surging of the human spirit.

  Tony Blair

  Terrible Events, Profound, World

  "They said...", www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2001.

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• Mozambique is having an economic resurgence but still four out of 10 people there have HIV or AIDS...There's astounding conditions but what I was left with...was the power of the human spirit there and the fact these people have been through so much and they were still dancing in the streets

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Fighting, People, Dancing

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• For most of us, for almost all of us, truth can be attained, if at all, only in silence. It is in silence that the human spirit touches the divine.

  Iris Murdoch

  Silence, Spirit, Divine

  Iris Murdoch (1977). “Under the Net”, p.69, Penguin

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• The nobility of the human spirit grows harder for me to believe in. War, zealotry, greed, malls, narcissism. I see a backhanded nobility in excessive, impractical outlays of cash prompted by nothing loftier than a species joining hands and saying “I bet we can do this.” Yes, the money could be better spent on Earth. But would it? Since when has money saved by government red-lining been spent on education and cancer research? It is always squandered. Let’s squander some on Mars. Let’s go out and play.

  Mary Roach

  War, Cancer, Believe

  Mary Roach (2011). “Packing for Mars”, p.174, Oneworld Publications

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• To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Enemy, Meat, Pork

  Anthony Bourdain (2011). “Tony Bourdain boxset: Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw”, p.65, A&C Black

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• Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy—love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit.

  Ruta Sepetys

  Country, Enemy, Spirit

  Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.213, Penguin

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• God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love.

  Joshua L. Liebman

  Perfect, Spirit, Courageous

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• As we enter our centennial year we are still a young nation, very much in the formative stages. Our national condition is still flexible enough that we can make almost anything we wish of our nation. No other country is in a better position than Canada to go ahead with the evolution of a national purpose devoted to all that is good and noble and excellent in the human spirit.

  Lester B. Pearson

  Country, Years, Wish

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• Feminism is still one of those taboo words, so hardly anybody talks about it. People usually go gender-neutral and say the book and film [Room] are about "the triumph of the human spirit.

  Emma Donoghue

  Book, People, Feminism

  "Room" Author/Screenwriter Emma Donoghue on Her "Deeply Feminist" Film and Industry Sexism". Interview with Laura Berger, www.indiewire.com. October 16, 2015.

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• I think the Bible is hugely patriarchal. There are so many sexist comments and homophobic comments and comments that are not in keeping with nurturing and loving the human spirit.

  Alanis Morissette

  Thinking, Spirit, Sexist

  "New Again: Alanis Morissette". Interview with Elizabeth Weitzman, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 15, 2015.

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• I happen to think that Jesus was the greatest hero of all time. I don't think you could invent that kind of a hero. He had it all - everything that the human spirit could yearn for. There is nothing that man ever said or did, by word or deed that is evil. That is not full of compassion. That is not full of love for your neighbor whether he's down or out, or up - no matter what. He taught that you must love your neighbor whether he's a crook, a beggar, whether he's rich or poor.

  Frank Capra

  Jesus, Love You, Hero

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Skepsis. I am a true skeptic, born under the noble sign of skepsis, the sign of the man who knows that all astrology is absolutely and without reservation the bullest of bullsh*t that ever there was. It is a senseless delusion that does not even have the benefit of being harmless fun. It is a harmful bore. Harmful to the human spirit, harmful to the dignity and wonder of the real universe and the real power of the mind to think for itself. I hate astrology with a fervor that is almost frightening. - Stephen Fry (when asked what sign he would be if he could create his own zodiac)

  Stephen Fry

  Fun, Real, Hate

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• Each human spirit is immortalfor time cannot destroy

  Dervla Murphy

  Time, Spirit, Humans

  1968 In Ethiopia with a Mule.

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• I am seeking that dance which might be the divine expression of the human spirit through the medium of the body's movement.

  Isadora Duncan

  Dance, Expression, Movement

  Isadora Duncan (2013). “My Life (Revised and Updated)”, p.60, W. W. Norton & Company

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• You had a choice: you could either strain and look at things that appeared in front of you in the fog, painful as it might be, or you could relax and lose yourself

  Ken Kesey

  Inspirational, Fog, Choices

  Ken Kesey (2012). “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.122, Penguin

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• Greece is the home of the gods; they may have died but their presence still makes itself felt. The gods were of human proportion: they were created out of the human spirit.

  Henry Miller

  Home, May, Spirit

  Henry Miller (2010). “The Colossus of Maroussi”, p.205, New Directions Publishing

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• The movies that are honored at The Oscars are always a certain type: Old-fashioned. It's a bunch of well-made, old-fashioned movies that support our idea of ourselves. They uplift the human spirit. That's why horror films never even get nominated.

  Joe Bob Briggs

  Uplifting, Support, Spirit

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The way to solve the conflict between human values and technology needs is not to run away from technology. That's impossible. The way to resolve the conflict is to break down the barriers of dualistic thought that prevent a real understanding of what technology is--not an exploitation of nature, but a fusion of nature and the human spirit into a new kind of creation that transcends both.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Running, Real, Technology

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