Ofhuman Quotes & Sayings

If there is no element of asceticism in our lives, if we give free rein to the desires of the flesh (taking care of course to keep within the limits of what seems permissible to the world), we shall find it hard to train for the service of Christ. When the flesh is satisfied it is hard to pray with cheerfulness or to devote oneself to a life of service which calls for much self-renunciation. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Somehow we have been taught to believe that the experiences of girls and women are not important in the study and understanding ofhuman behavior. If we know men, then we know all of humankind. These prevalent cultural attitudes totally deny the uniqueness of the female experience, limiting the development of girls and women and depriving a needy world of the gifts, talents, and resources our daughters have to offer. — Jeanne Elium

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong. — Patton Oswalt

How you know where I'm at when you haven't been where I've been?
Understand where I'm coming from? — B-Real

Jealousy can open the blood, it can make black roses. — Sylvia Plath

You cannot be loved by someone who doesn't want to know you. — Armistead Maupin