#human

This you may say of man - when theories change and crash, when schools, philosophies, when narrow dark alleys of thought, national, religious, economic, grow and disintegrate, man reaches, stumbles forward, painfully, mistakenly sometimes. Having stepped forward, he may slip back, but only half a step, never the full step back. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#inspirational #life #change

Civilizations grow by agreements and accomodations and accretions, not by repudiations. The rebels and the revolutionaries are only eddies, they keep the stream from getting stagnant but they get swept down and absorbed, they're a side issue. Quiet desperation is another name for the human condition. If revolutionaries would learn that they can't remodel society by day after tomorrow -- haven't the wisdom to and shouldn't be permitted to -- I'd have more respect for them ... Civilizations grow and change and decline -- they aren't remade. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#civilization #growth #human-condition #humanity #rebellion

When YOU stop believing one person in the world cannot make a difference; differences in the world will be made. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#change-the-world #homeless #humanity #humanity-and-society #inspiration

Nothing changes; we humans repeat the same sins over and over, eternally. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#human-nature #sins #change

some story must be told because they have the power to inspire.. ↗

— nst

#inspirational

The more I love humanity in general the less I love man in particular. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#love #love

There are no saints either. We are immortal, but not so unlike the humans as you think. We have enemies, we have duties, we hate, we struggle, and we love. ↗

— Jessica Fortunato

#enemies #hate #human #immortal #love

While there is Ego, you will never be one with the universe... Or love your fellow man. ↗

— Solange nicole

#humanity #life-lessons #love #universe #love

He leaned down and kissed my forehead. The soft melody of his lips was calming. I closed my eyes. I could smell his human skin, his human breath, his human hair, and for the first time, I would give anything to be human too. ↗

— Alysha Speer

#human #love #sharden #speer #love

I found it hateful, yet I wanted to be part of it. ↗

— Storm Constantine

#evil #humanity #society #love