We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey. Great short quote and quotation by: Stephen Covey ,
We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race. Great short quote and quotation by: Cicero , Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC – 43 BC)
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Gerald Weinberg, "The Psychology of Computer Programming"
We have come through a strange cycle in programming, starting with the creation of programming itself as a human activity. Executives with the tiniest smattering of knowledge assume that anyone can write a program, and only now are programmers beginning to win their battle for recognition as true professionals. Not just anyone, with any background, […]
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We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. Great short quote and quotation by: William Ralph Inge , English author & Anglican prelate […]
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We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any […]
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We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric Hoffer , (1902 – 1983)
We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)
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Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail (1979)
We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human […]
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We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse. Great short quote and quotation by: W. R. Inge ,
Weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society — things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed. Great short quote and quotation by: E. B. White , US author & humorist (1899 – 1985)
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What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of human beings, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the sufferings of the injured. Great short quote and quotation by: Prophet Mohammad ,
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What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable. Great short quote and quotation by: Dominique de Menil ,
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