We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)
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Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail (1979)
We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human […]
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We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse. Great short quote and quotation by: W. R. Inge ,
Weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society — things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed. Great short quote and quotation by: E. B. White , US author & humorist (1899 – 1985)
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What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of human beings, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the sufferings of the injured. Great short quote and quotation by: Prophet Mohammad ,
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What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable. Great short quote and quotation by: Dominique de Menil ,
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What though the radiance which was once so bright Be not forever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;Grief not, rather find, Strength in what remains behind, In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be, In the soothing thoughts […]
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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. Great short quote and quotation by: H. G. Wells , English author, historian, & utopian (1866 – 1946)
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1950)
When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the “division” of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form. Great short quote and quotation by: Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1950) ,
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Ward Beecher , US abolitionist & clergyman (1813 – 1887)
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Ward Beecher , US abolitionist & clergyman (1813 – 1887)
Heinrich Heine, From his play Almansor (1821)
Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings. (Dort, wo man B?cher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen) Great short quote and quotation by: Heinrich Heine, From his play Almansor (1821) , German critic & poet (1797 – 1856)