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The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian.

Quote by Daniel D. Palmer about miracle, suffering, knowledge, human imperfections, man

It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing.

Quote by Tom G. Palmer about survival, self-control, human imperfections

Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.

Quote by Theodore Parker about human imperfections, wealth, fire, fire brigade, heart

Wealth and want equally harden the human heart.

Quote by Theodore Parker about heart, wealth, human imperfections

Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.

Quote by Francis Parkman about society, art, magic, man

Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.

Quote by Francis Parkman about nature

For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition.

EQuote by Estelle Parsons about mind, brain, human imperfections

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about world, human imperfections, man

Faith is different from proof, the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about faith, gifts, human imperfections, god

Human beings must be known to be loved, but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about love, human imperfections

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room

Quote by Blaise Pascal about revelation, human imperfections, being, man

Beauty, like all other qualities presented to human experience, is relative, and the definition of it becomes unmeaning and useless in proportion to its abstractness.

Quote by Walter Pater about beauty, experience, human imperfections

For him, indeed, human life is, in the first instance, only an additional, and as it were incidental grace, upon this expressive landscape.

Quote by Walter Pater about opinion, grace, human imperfections, life

The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.

Quote by Walter Pater about philosophy, culture, human imperfections, spirit, life

I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.

Quote by Mandy Patinkin about opinion, human imperfections

This year is Creede's 40th anniversary and it was one of the best places that formed me as a human being and as an actor, it gave me lifelong friends.

Quote by Mandy Patinkin about actors, human imperfections, being

I've seen people that don't treat their animals well and yet their animals are still just as loving to them even though they're not treated that well. It's very hard to find that kind of loyalty and love and affection in human beings.

Quote by Dick Van Patten about people, animals, affection, human imperfections, love

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best, it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is...

Quote by George S. Patton about duty, competition, fear, common sense, sense, human imperfections, man, being

The human overpopulation issue is the topic I see as the most vital to solve if our children and grandchildren are to have a good quality of life.

Quote by Alexandra Paul about world, quality, children, human imperfections, good, good luck, life

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about humanity, question, pain, absurd, war, death