Quotes
Quotes about Being
There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you. [Lat., Nulla est laus ibi esse integrum, ubi nemo est, qui aut possit aut conetur rumpere.]
Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. -Elie Weisel.
The king is come. Deal mildly with his youth; For young hot colts, being raged, do rage the more.
I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.
Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
The human spirit is your specifically human dimension and contains abilities other creatures do not have. Every human is spiritual; in fact, spirit is the essence of being human. You have a body that may become ill; you have a psyche that may become disturbed. But the spirit is what you are. It is your healthy core.
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs-- That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat, That meat was made for mouths, that the gods sent not Corn for the rich men only. With these shreds They vented their complainings, which being answered And a petition granted them, a strange one, To break the heart of generosity, And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon, Shouting their emulation.
How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite. - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),
I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.
I don't want to achieve immortality by being inducted into the Hall of Fame. I want to achieve immortality by not dying.
Avoid being impatient. Remember time brings roses.
Inaction, contrary for its reputation as being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.
I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.
Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislike being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.
Ingratitude is monstrous; and for the multitude to be ingrateful were to make a monster of the multitude; of which we being members, should bring ourselves to be monstrous members.
We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment of the wellbeing of the Palestinians spoken on the Diane Rehm Show.
There is a pleasure, sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know!
We are not ourselves When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind To suffer with the body.
Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem . . . Problems are like landmarks of progress.
