Humanhood Vs Personhood Quotes & Sayings

It is only an island of light surrounded by a vastly greater area of greyness and that fades ultimately into the black of ignorance. — George R R Martin

We have been told that freedom is the ability to pursue petty, trivial desires when true freedom is freedom from these petty, trivial desires. — Russell Brand

This world can only give me reminders of what I don't have, can never have, didn't have for long enough. — Dennis Lehane

I want to stay close to the groove of people's individual human stories. I can't see that there's anything more interesting than that. That's just me. That's what I do. — Lucinda Coxon

Death is God's way of telling you not to be such a wise guy. — Grenville Kleiser

Because animals seem to dwell in the present moment,
because their own presence is so instinctive,
their attention so unwavering, the offer us
a different kind of compassion than humans do.
Anyone is lucky to have both human and
animal comfort in their lives. — Brenda Peterson

The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven. — Gautama Buddha

Morality says it all.
Petra Hermans — Petra Hermans

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them. — Aldo Leopold

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal. — Marilyn Ferguson

Thus the sum and substance of all doctrine is this, that we are not justified by any works, but that faith in Christ saves. — Martin Luther

In Hollywood I got work but not the right work until Pushing Daisies. Every girl in LA wanted the part of Chuck. I was terrified - I didn't know if I could be funny. — Anna Friel

You have no idea how to dance, do you?" Cinder fixed her gaze on him, mind still reeling. "I'm a mechanic. — Marissa Meyer

Winning is great but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. — Wilma Rudolph

He was born a patron; he didn't choose it. He didn't choose for his mother to die. He didn't choose Syd as his proxy or the car crash or the virus in Syd's blood. Everything that had ever happened had happened to him. He wasn't responsible. He wasn't the princess and he wasn't the frog. He was just a guy getting by the only way he knew how. — Anonymous