Posts tagged humanity
Posts tagged humanity
The profession of poetry was as diverse as humanity itself, and humanity, as we all know, was a conglomeration of weaknesses.
Humans are so enthusiastic!
Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
It’s so beautiful, isn’t it? I love the way humans think. They think like songs.
Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
Humans are always slightly lost. It’s a basic characteristic. It explains a lot about them.
My friends, you are outcasts, though you do not know it, and you have forfeited your place on earth. For there are two races - trees and man; and for each there is a different dispensation. Trees are silent, motionless, serene. They live and die, but do not know the taste of either life or death; to them a secret has been entrusted but not revealed. But the other tribe - the passionate, tragic, rootless tree - man? Alas! He is a creature whose highest privileges are a curse. In his mouth is ever the bitter-sweet taste of life and death, unknown to the trees. Without respite he is dragged by the two wild horses, memory and hope; and he is tormented by a secret that he can never tell. For every man worthy of the name is an initiate, but each one into different Mysteries.
‘Men,’ said the fox, ‘they have guns, and they hunt. It is very disturbing. They also raise chickens. These are their only interests.’
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
For what suits gods does not suit human beings, and what suits a temple does not suit a tomb.
The epitaph for Man: ‘We did not have time to learn everything that we wanted to know.’
