Ultimately, intelligence work comes down to dealing with humanity. After all the calls are intercepted and the missiles counted, the back accounts monitored and the nerve gas canisters located, we still need to look inside the minds, hearts and souls of other human beings. And unlike the mechanical and electronic things of which we are […]
Human - Humanity Quotes
Beware of the pursuit of the Superhuman; it leads to an indiscriminate contempt for the human.
When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
Those who insist that all things are knowable and that men and women act rationally have been on one side of the stadium of mankind for centuries, while the opposing bleachers have been filled by those who insist that even the light of reason casts dark shadows and that man’s nature is never fully knowable. […]
Humans are, by nature, a forward-looking species always seeking greater levels of happiness and satisfaction. Unfortunately, the corollary is that humans are all too often willing to grasp at unrealistic promises of a better life or to believe that a better life can only be attained by clinging to intolerance and ignorance, by lessening the […]
Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.
No human thing is of serious importance.
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
The human race is in such a dreadful state that no rational person can talk about it without resorting to seditious and obscene language.
Man is a biped without feathers.
