The turmoil and dislocations confronting present-day society will not be solved until both the scientific and religious genius of the human race are fully utilized.
Baha'i International CommunityStichwörter: science peace religion human genius unity baha-i bahai turmoil
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor
Alexis CarrelStichwörter: change human self-improvement betterment self-formation
Ask a deeply religious Christian if he’d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don’t seem so bad lately.
Scott AdamsStichwörter: wisdom truth human terrorism
Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse
Joseph BrodskyStichwörter: wisdom life philosophy cynicism human
What freedom men and women could have, were they not constantly tricked and trapped and enslaved and tortured by their sexuality! The only drawback in that freedom is that without it one would not be a human. One would be a monster.
John SteinbeckStichwörter: sexuality sex human monster
It is the imagination that argues for the Divine Spark within human beings. It is literally a decent of the World's Soul into all of us.
Terence McKennaStichwörter: imagination world soul human divine
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Human history is a Gaian dream.
Terence McKennaStichwörter: history human dream gaia
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The creative act is a letting down of the net of human imagination into the ocean of chaos on which we are suspended, and the attempt to bring out of it ideas.
It is the night sea journey, the lone fisherman on a tropical sea with his nets, and you let these nets down - sometimes, something tears through them that leaves them in shreds and you just row for shore, and put your head under your bed and pray.
At other times what slips through are the minutiae, the minnows of this ichthyological metaphor of idea chasing.
But, sometimes, you can actually bring home something that is food, food for the human community that we can sustain ourselves on and go forward.
Stichwörter: imagination journey human metaphor community ocean chaos net creative fisherman
Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.
Paulo Coelho[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to aid in procreation, but the path to redemption for an otherwise violently selfish species. Past human greatness has proven that when challenged, love can overpower impulsive instinct, and in essence, the vilest aspects of our nature.
Tiffany MadisonStichwörter: love power humanity nature mind selfish human-nature human human-condition violence illusion essence schopenhauer challenge redemption instinct lover flaw species instincts violent overpower procreation schopenhauer-as-educator
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