So one must be resigned to being a clock that measures the passage of time, now out of order, now repaired, and whose mechanism generates despair and love as soon as its maker sets it going? Are we to grow used to the idea that every man relives ancient torments, which are all the more profound because they grow comic with repetition? That human existence should repeat itself, well and good, but that it should repeat itself like a hackneyed tune, or a record a drunkard keeps playing as he feeds coins into the jukebox...
Stanisław LemTags: fear science life love free-will humanity time despair mankind emotion resignation hopelessness repetition creationism inevitability cycles
What gave you this idea of an imperfect god?'
'I don't know. It seems quite feasible to me. That is the only god I could imagine believing in, a god whose passion is not a redemption, who saves nothing, fulfills no purpose--a god who simply is.
Tags: existence purpose humanity belief god religion mankind existentialism theology imperfection no-purpose
It's an unnerving thought that we may be the living universe's supreme achievement and its worst nightmare simultaneously.
Bill BrysonEvery civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-- they cannot work and their civilization collapses
Frank HerbertTags: progress humanity society-s-increasing-stupidity
We ate our fill, but there was more left when we was done. 'It’ll be in the icebox if y’all want some more later on,' she told us. There weren’t no way I would have gone back and eat more. I knowed they was being extra nice to us right then, but if we didn’t act right, they would put us out. That’s how folks do.
Eddie WhitlockTags: compassion humanity evil hunger
In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.
AberjhaniTags: politics intelligence humanity hatred prejudice ignorance hypocrisy leadership bigotry terrorism xenophobia extremism political-commentary megalomania believing-in-love gun-violence world-suicide-prevention-day human-rights-day police-reform police-shootings coexistence national-history-day gun-laws hate-crimes presidential-election coexisting-together coexistência election-year-politics nonviolent-conflict-resolution political-corruption
The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man.
Milan KunderaTags: life roots humanity philosophy nature human-condition nurture
I've learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than pandering, on one hand, and preaching, on the other. And the most important quality we must all strengthen in ourselves is that of a deep human empathy, for that will provide the most hope of all--and the foundation for our collective survival.
Jacqueline NovogratzTags: humanity society introspection strengthening-relationships
We often forget our human connectedness. Throughout my life, I have felt the greatest beauty lies in this connection. It has been in the deepest connections with others that I have experienced the greatest degree of learning, healing and transformation. This connection is a powerful thing, with the ability to transform lives, and ultimately transform human experience.
Kristi BowmanTags: humanity human connection transformation
The wish to hear such baseness is degrading.
Dante AlighieriTags: humanity
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