#beings

One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#been #beings #believe #believing #century

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law. ↗

— Taslima Nasrin

#because #beings #human #human beings #i

The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that. ↗

— Richard Rorty

#beliefs #cannot #cause #does #hold

We are simply human beings. So it is important for us to treat each other in that capacity. ↗

— Justin Sane

#capacity #each #human #human beings #important

Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#human #human beings #live #only #retrace

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#ethics #evolution #first #first step #human

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand. ↗

— Simone Weil

#cannot #crushed #crushing #feel #feels

We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it. ↗

— Chögyam Trungpa

#background #confidence #cultivation #development #enlightenment

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. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#ability #almost #also #apparent #beings

Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! ↗

— Mackenzie Astin

#beings #bullet #comes #designed #evil