Hillel the Elder Quotes

The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still 'are' human beings, now. Or can be.

We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them.

You don't know what it's like to be me.

What does it mean to be human, and what is at the human heart, and is there a soul, or is that all there is? Can an artificial being be intelligent? Is 'intelligent' the definition of humanity, or is it something deeper?

Obviously the idea of being human is a very human idea.

Regardless of what I was and who I am, above all, the most important thing is to remain human.

The true artform is being a human being.

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

There is no better way to know us Than as two wolves, come separately to a wood.

The more man realises his humanity, the lonelier he feels.

You were one person alive and your brain was encased in a skull. There were other people out there. It took effort to be connected.

Animals make us Human.

I don't like human nature, but I do like human beings.

It's great to be great, but it's great to be human.

I remember lying in the snow, a small red spot of warm going cold, surrounded by wolves.

If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man.

If I found myself alone on planet Earth, no other humans, I would have sex with a monkey in like two minutes. Two minutes. That's really not long enough to be sure you're alone on the Earth, even. That's like... I walk outside, it's- there's not much traffic. "Oh, my God, it's just me! I'm gonna have sex with a monkey right now. Oh, no-there's a person."

I have never, in all my life, been so odious as to regard myself as 'superior' to any living being, human or animal. I just walked alone - as I have always walked alone.

Anybody knows who lives with animals, they teach you more about what it is to be a good human than most people: patience, goodheartedness, enthusiasm, presence, forgiveness, focus, restfulness, honesty.

At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person.

Humans are not really very humane.

No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance.

This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another.

It is not human to be without shame and without desire.