#human being

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it. ↗

— George C. Marshall

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Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo. ↗

— Jose Marti

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The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society. ↗

— Karl Marx

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But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication. ↗

— Abraham Maslow

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Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death. ↗

— Rollo May

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Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity. ↗

— Rollo May

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In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed. ↗

— Claude McKay

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I'm not a perfect human being. ↗

— Katharine McPhee

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I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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