Quotes about Human

for the human mind in that grassy corner had not the proverbial tendency to admire the unknown, holding rather that it was likely to be against the poor man, and that suspicion was the only wise attitude with regard to it.

so much subtler is a human mind than the outside tissues which make a sort of blazonry or clock-face for it.

the human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.

The bias of human nature to be slow in correspondence triumphs even over the present quickening in the general pace of things:

The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption.

Though there are very many nations all over the earth, ...there are no more than two kinds of human society, which we may justly call two cities, ...one consisting of those who live according to man, the other of those who live according to God ....To the City of Man belong the enemies of God, ...so inflamed with hatred against the City of God.

Christ refers to the common thread of divine love that is the core and essence of every human mind.

Your human self might be in hell right now, but your divine self is literally untouched by your suffering. And your divine self is who you are.

Accept that God has given each of us a magnificent role to play on Earth merely because we're human; that we were born with a perfect script etched on our hearts; that its not to our personal credit, but to His greater glory, that each of us is brilliant-such are the truths that free us from the ego's lies.

as John Calvin rightly said, the human heart is an idol factory.

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.

Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order. A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives.