The restoration of man’s inner eyes can hardly be expected in this day and age — unless, first of all, one were willing and determined simply to exclude from one’s realm of life all those inane and contrived but titillating illusions incessantly generated by the entertainment industry.
Josef PieperTags: wisdom inspirational truth humanity human-nature entertainment
On my way out I didn't look at the dark guy, the suicide bomber, again. I think I didn't look at him because I didn't believe he was a terrorist, but maybe I didn't look at him because I didn't want to embarrass him.
Assaf GavronTags: society human-nature etiquette embarrassment
মানুষের কিসের এত অহংকার ।যার শুরু একফোটা রক্তবিন্দু দিয়ে আর শেষ হয় মৃত্তিকায়
হযরত আলি রাঃTags: human-nature
It's our nature, isn't it? Again and again, we cling to the foolish belief taht simple solutions exist
Steven EriksonTags: human-nature
Oh, people get used to so many things," said Vadesh, "if only they give them selves a chance.
Orson Scott CardTags: human-nature philosophical robots habits thrill
I like a look of agony, because I know it's true
Emily DickinsonTags: human-nature posthumous
Unfortunately, we-especially in the United States-have become increasingly mechanized, so that today we feel very strongly that if we can take anything out of human hands and especially out of the human heart and put it through a machine, we have made progress. Indeed, we flatter ourselves that we can make machines that think like human beings, while not always pausing to reflect that in the process we have also succeeded in making millions of human beings who can feel and think like machines. It is a sorry reflection.
Ashley MontaguTags: society philosophy human-nature
It is of the dubious inevitable side of human nature—like gold teeth and tinned salmon and bastard lacy valentines
Mary MacLaneTags: human-nature
There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
Ursula K. Le GuinTags: individuality human-nature coming-of-age
Nor did he care about his childhood, for certainly I never heard him speak of it. I once questioned him about his early days and he would not answer. ‘What is the egg to the eagle?’ he asked me…
Bernard CornwellTags: perspective human-nature living quote quotes quotes-on-life bernard-cornwell the-winter-king
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