#nit

The glory of God is a human being fully alive; and to be alive consists in beholding God. ↗

— Saint Irenaeus

#glory #god #humanity #life #life

Oui , but if all the men in your life are happy, you are happier, and it makes my life easier." - Jean-Claude ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#jean-claude #life

The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function. ↗

— Albert A. Bartlett

#humanity #life #science #sustainability #sustainable-development

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#humanity #life #life

المرأة (المفكرة) ليست بالضرورة بشعة، ولا عجوزًا، ولا عانسًا، ولا يائسة. إنها أنثى أخرى مثلي ومثلكِ، تحب الحياة كما نحبها، لكنها أكثر وعيًا في هذا الحب، لذا فإن سلوكها يتخذّ صورة الدفاع عن أهم ما في الحياة: الكرامة. ↗

— غادة السمان

#feminism #life #women #كرامة #مرأة

Prove it. I'll measure your words against your actions, and from that I will determine your worth. ↗

— Jackie Kessler

#life #social-integrity #truths #life

They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings? ↗

— Stephen King

#humanity #humanity-and-society #life #life

The patterns are simple, but followed together, they make for a whole that is wiser than the sum of its parts. Go for a walk; cultivate hunches; write everything down, but keep your folders messy; embrace serendipity; make generative mistakes; take on multiple hobbies; frequent coffeehouses and other liquid networks; follow the links; let others build on your ideas; borrow, recycle; reinvent. Build a tangled bank. ↗

— Steven Johnson

#innovation #life-long-learning #living-life #open-mindedness #opportunity

We have all got to exert ourselves a little to keep sane, and call things by the same names as other people call them by. ↗

— George Eliot

#self-image #life

The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#humanity #life #nature #nurture #philosophy