#human being

Human beings place their desires ahead of the collective good. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#beings #collective #desires #good #human

When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#beings #conserve #cooperate #diminishing #fight

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature. ↗

— Rita Dove

#adversity #almost #begin #being #convey

Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries. ↗

— Patty Duke

#beings #between #centuries #human #human beings

Most human beings today waste some 25 to 30 years of their lives before they break through the actual and conventional lies which surround them. ↗

— Isadora Duncan

#before #beings #break #conventional #human

You don't need to be for or against the war to provide morale and support to the men and women who are fighting over seas. These are human beings who are doing a service. ↗

— Mike Thompson

#beings #doing #fighting #human #human beings

You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#alone #beings #build #come #else

I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#human #human being #i #i think #rarest

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it." ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#being #call #cup #dear #desire

I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings. ↗

— Marisa Tomei

#big #children #complete #fan #human