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Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the read more
Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence.
I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.
I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.
Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.
Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.
The human spirit is your specifically human dimension and contains abilities other creatures do not have. Every human is spiritual; read more
The human spirit is your specifically human dimension and contains abilities other creatures do not have. Every human is spiritual; in fact, spirit is the essence of being human. You have a body that may become ill; you have a psyche that may become disturbed. But the spirit is what you are. It is your healthy core.
Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. [Gene!:5].
Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. [Gene!:5].
Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe read more
Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice.
 Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
 With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.  
 Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
 With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels. 
We are all just monkeys in business suits running around pretending to be executives.
We are all just monkeys in business suits running around pretending to be executives.
 W'en you see a man in woe,
 Walk right up and say "hullo."
  Say "hullo" and "how read more 
 W'en you see a man in woe,
 Walk right up and say "hullo."
  Say "hullo" and "how d'ye do,"
   "How's the world a-usin' you?"
    . . . .
     W'en you travel through the strange
      Country t'other side the range,
       Then the souls you've cheered will know
        Who you be, an' say "hullo."