#uma

I don't think that the permanence of the individual human soul is an indispensable part of religious thought. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#human soul #i #indispensable #individual #individual human

It is a distortion, with something profoundly disloyal about it, to picture the human being as a teetering, fallible contraption, always needing watching and patching, always on the verge of flapping to pieces. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#always #being #disloyal #distortion #fallible

Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#before #beings #chance #discovering #ever

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#human #human beings #i #kinder #like

How wrong and petty any life is. ↗

— David Wojahn

#human-nature #experience

As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness. ↗

— Svetlana Alliluyeva

#belief #century #half #human #human kindness

What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition. ↗

— Asia Argento

#aspect #condition #human #human condition #just

It's slightly complicated for people to grasp the idea of a head of state in human form. ↗

— Prince Andrew

#form #grasp #head #human #human form

We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be. ↗

— John Astin

#believe #better #better off #change #damaged

Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#humane #just #large #large numbers #notion