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A Quote by Earon on courage, hope, future, humankind, human nature, women,...

The three glues that hold humankind together are the courage of women, the compassion of men and the laughter of children. Source:  The Times of India Contributed by:  Earon read more

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A Quote by Kenneth Smith on philosophy, society, human development, human...

Human life is an extension of the principles of nature, and human civilization is a venture extrapolated out of human natures: man and his natural potential are the root of the entire human domain. The...

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A Quote by Kenneth Smith on philosophy, suffering, human nature, and...

So long as human nature remains viscerally resistant to enlightenment about its own slavish and self-stupefying necessities, there will ineluctably be suffering: truly, there is some suffering that is...

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A Quote by Kenneth Smith on philosophy, resistance, knowing, truth, human...

The truth about human beings is, above all other forms of truth, something far too susceptible to our own willful and subjectivist distortions; by nature we never JUST LET SUCH A THING BE, or accept it...

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A Quote by Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde on truth, masks, humanity,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Contributed by:  Siona read more

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A Quote by Earon on human origins, species, human, human nature, primate,...

We humans, as a species, need to spend less time imaginingour metaphysical origins and more time pondering our unmistakably primate nature. Source:  Earon's writings Contributed by:  Earon read more

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A Quote by Earon on compassion, power, meaning, life, happiness, questions,...

Compassion is the answer to our question.  Power is not an answer, but the begging of the question. Source:  Berrett-Koehler "Communique" Vol 3:11, May 28, 2009 Contributed by:  Earon read more

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A Quote by Earon on compassion, power, meaning, life, happiness, questions,...

Compassion vs. Power.In life, beginning in infancy, we seek compassion.  Yet, we see power all around us, so we are curious.  We are offered compassion, but suspect that power is better.  So, when...

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A Quote by Earon on wisdom, perfection, human nature, human potential, human,...

Perhaps the highest human potential is only realized when we no longer require the world to conform to our fantasies of how it should be. Source:  Earon S. Davis Contributed by:  Earon read more

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A Quote by Laurence Sterne on brave, forgive, generous, virtue, and human nature

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.  Contributed by:  mimi read more

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