#human being

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

— George C. Marshall

#human #human beings #only #prevent #war

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

#beautiful #being #contains #every #god

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

#also #being #beyond #childhood #creativity

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

#based #being #beings #dignity #emotion

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

#beings #contributions #fellow #fellow human beings #her

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#being #character #ever #finest #happening

We should fight to preserve a country where people such as Michael Moore get to miss the point as badly as he misses it. Michael Moore represents everything I detest in a human being. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#being #country #detest #everything #fight

Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason. ↗

— Ashley Montagu

#behave #beings #creatures #human #human beings

The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become. ↗

— Ashley Montagu

#becoming #beings #between #capable #constituted

Being the only non-Black was a unique experience. After a few weeks, you're not aware of skin color differences. You see the color; you're not blind, but it doesn't matter. You see the human being first. ↗

— Ricardo Montalban

#aware #being #blind #color #differences