#hum

A broken soul is not the absence of beauty, but a cracked and torn soul reeks of the sweet incense it contains. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#human-soul #humanity #incense #soul #beauty

The important thing is that we now have the tools to sequence all kinds of animals and plants and microbes - as well as humans. It is not important that we didn't actually finish the human sequence yet. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#finish #human #humans #important #important thing

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#bewilderment #characteristic #deep #human #humor

It's as great a part of the human adventure to invent things as to understand them. John Randall wasn't a great scientist, but he was a great inventor. There's been lots more like him, and it's a shame they don't get Nobel Prizes. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#been #get #great #him #human

The public knows that human beings are fallible. Only people blinded by ideology fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#believing #blinded #fall #fallible #human

I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#creative #express #humor #i #i think

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. ↗

— Max Eastman

#humor #joke #make #proves #sense

To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#belongs #category #differently #feminist #human

The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#excuse #human #human rights #idea #nothing

I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#example #give #hope #human #human rights