Quotes about Human

Everybody has a mean streak in them, don't they?

The human animal originally came from out-of-doors. When spring begins to move in his bones, he just must get out again. Moreover, as civilization, cement pavements, office buildings, radios have overwhelmed us, the need for regeneration has increased, and the impulses are even stronger.

The logical outcome of evolution is that it makes monsters. We turn into monsters because evolution takes away everything that makes us human in the sense of our moral accountability, our moral absolutes, and our idea of being distinct from the animal kingdom.

Even a cursory perusal reveals a very great range of reference. There is hardly a single human action that has not been called—in one way or another—an act of love. Nor is the range confined to the human sphere. If you proceed far enough in your reading, you will find that love has been attributed to almost everything in the universe; that is, everything that exists has been said by someone either to love or to be loved—or both.

The fact that there are some things (many things!) that God knows that we don't is what makes Him God and us human.

Greatest public school system in the world. We have invested fabulous sums for fine buildings, we have provided convenient transportation for children living in the rural districts, so they may attend the best schools, but there is one astounding weakness to this marvelous system — it is free! One of the strange things about human beings is that they value only that which has a price.

One of the strange things about human beings is that they value only that which has a price.

A solitary image bearer cannot adequately or accurately reveal God in the world, much less fulfill his destiny as a human being. Obviously, this is a matter of grave importance to the Creator.

Adam is one. But the God he represents is trinitarian--three in one. A solitary image bearer is missing a key component of God's image and is therefore incapable of revealing God in the world, much less fulfilling his destiny as a human being. Little wonder God says, 'It is not good for the man to be alone.

I sat there thinking about how all real music has to be born in the human spirit. Well, these ballads surely had been. There was something childlike and basic about them, an absence of sham or pretense.

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!

It's just human nature to try and figure things out. So, when we're in the midst of a situation, we usually try to reason our way through it.