I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
#quotes #joss-whedon #thinking #mistakes #change

I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
#quotes #dave-davies #politics #religion

A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
#quotes #matthew-henry #human

Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #human

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
#quotes #james-thurber #truth #human

Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #adversity

We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #medicine

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
#quotes #gaston-bachelard #human #creation #desire

Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
#quotes #ralph-waldo-emerson #human #world #education

Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
#proverbs #estonian-proverbs #gratitude

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #optimism

There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
#quotes #john-desmond-bernal #art #science

The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
#proverbs #eating #breathing

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
#quotes #james-madison #government #power

I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
#quotes #caroline-knapp #shyness #nature #interaction

In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
#quotes #elie-wiesel #darkness #humanity

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #jewelry #wisdom

I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
#quotes #alan-ball #nature #life #heart

Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #wisdom

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
#quotes #nikola-tesla #motivation #success

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
#proverbs #indian-proverbs #mystery #human

I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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