(3315 quotes found)
“As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery… we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.”
Dalai Lama
“All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.”
Dale Carnegie
“No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?”
Elbert Hubbard
“Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”
Ryunosuke Satoro
“There are quantities of human faces, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.”
William James
“What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined ... to strengthen each other ... to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.”
George Eliot
“It's because we're so trapped in our culture, in the being of being human on this planet with the brains we have, and the same two arms and legs everybody has. We're so trapped that any way we could imagine to escape would be just another part of the trap. Anything we want, we're trained to want.”
Chuck Palahniuk
