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  • Friedrich Nietzsche The strongest knowledge (that of the total freedom of the human will) is nonetheless the poorest in successes: for it always has the strongest opponent, human vanity.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • George Eliot The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Aung San Suu Kyi The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.
    Aung San Suu Kyi
    Burmese politician (1945 - )
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  • Alfred de Vigny The study of social progress is today not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart.
    Alfred de Vigny
    French poet and writer (1797 - 1863)
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  • Havelock Ellis The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.
    Havelock Ellis
    British psychologist (1859 - 1939)
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  • William James The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Anatole Broyard The tension between 'yes' and 'no,' between 'I can' and 'I cannot,' makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self.
    Anatole Broyard
    American writer, literary critic, and editor (0 - 1990)
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  • Ben Whishaw The thing I love most about acting is that your capacity evolves as you evolve as a human being.
    Ben Whishaw
    English actor (1980 - )
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  • Lech Walesa The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I se it, is service to a fellow human being.
    Lech Walesa
    Polish trade union leader, activist and president (1943 - )
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  • Billie Joe Armstrong The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
    Billie Joe Armstrong
    American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor (1972 - )
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  • Elizabeth Drew The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ''mangled mind'' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
    Elizabeth Drew
    American political journalist and author (1935 - )
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  • Max Lerner The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence.
    Max Lerner
    American Author, Columnist (1902 - 1992)
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  • Carroll Quigley The traditional Christian attitude toward human personality was that human nature was essentially good and that it was formed and modified by social pressures and training.
    Carroll Quigley
    American historian and theorist (1910 - 1977)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Buddy Wakefield The truth is I am a perfect part of the exact point at which all individual human beings meet and the spectrum of voices weaving themselves in between and screaming 'every sick thought you've ever had and every twisted feeling you've ever felt are what make this painting complete.
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    Buddy Wakefield
    American poet and actor (1974 - )
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Eliza Farnham The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.
    Eliza Farnham
    American novelist, feminist and abolitionist (1815 - 1864)
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  • Emma Goldman The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • Aberjhani The ultimate test on the way to establishing an ideal civilization encouraging ideal human behavior was to look bravely beyond gender, color, ethnic origin, religious difference, and class distinctions to discover and honor the value of each unique individual.
    Aberjhani
    American historian, columnist and novelist (1957 - )
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  • Bjorn Ulvaeus The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them.
    Bjorn Ulvaeus
    Swedish songwriter, producer, member of ABBA (1945 - )
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