#human

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#divinity #exaltation #humanity #jesus #jesus christ

A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water. ↗

— James Buchan

#almost #call #century #commodity #existence

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#another #answer #away #being #does

Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#human #human behavior #incredibly #plastic #pliable

Ideas for my first experiments in human aggression came from discussions we had in a research seminar about William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies.' ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#aggression #came #discussions #experiments #first

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn! ↗

— Robert Burns

#inhumanity #makes #man #mourn #thousands

A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#accord #does #equality #formally #however

Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#deepest #desire #fraternity #however #human

I find humans tremendously interesting. ↗

— David Brin

#humans #i #interesting #tremendously

In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens. ↗

— David Brin

#america #been #before #being #bio