Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That's because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge I also see the beauty of human life.
The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth beauty liberty and equality are of infinite value but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.
The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty the contemplation of mystery or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.
When I say that human beings are just gene machines one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great deal of complication and indeed beauty in being a gene machine.
Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.
Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity maybe even for their beauty.
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory beauty truth knowledge virtue and abiding love.
Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!
O human beauty what a dream art thou that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!
The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.
Unfortunately the attitude of many towards the press humanitarians included and especially government workers is often one of suspicion if not outright fear.
Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to do let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do.
The traditional Christian attitude toward human personality was that human nature was essentially good and that it was formed and modified by social pressures and training.
I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.
Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been forced upon you by mass media and the crass culture it creates and maintains. The fact is gardening is just the opposite - it is or should be a central basic expression of human life.
If you can kill animals the same attitude can kill human beings. The mentality is the same which exploits nature and which creates wars.
The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances to choose one's own way.
I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.
What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th century: it was human idealism preserved. And then like any great place it collapsed and it collapsed into the most awful machinery in the world.
The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.