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In the midst of suffering, we can find the seeds of progress.

From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

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The man who does not rebel does not see the chains.

From The Rebel by Albert Camus

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Ambiguity is the foundation of human existence.

From The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir

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Only the dead have seen the end of war.

From The Republic of Plato by Allan Bloom

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The quest for meaning is a quintessentially human endeavor.

From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong

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To be alive is to be vulnerable.

From Rising Strong by Brené Brown

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Man is a useless passion.

From The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir

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Ambiguity is the fundamental quality of human existence.

From The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir

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The cycle of life and death is the most fundamental aspect of human existence.

From The Golden Bough by James George Frazer

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Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

From The Rebel by Albert Camus

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War is one of the constants of history, and it seems to be a part of the human condition.

From The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant

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The ambiguity of being is the source of all our dilemmas.

From The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir

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The struggle for meaning is a universal human endeavor that transcends cultures.

From The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong

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We are all just one diagnosis away from being a patient.

From The Forgotten Room: Inside a Public Patient Hospital by Dan Baum

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The history of violence is as much a history of the human condition as it is of religion.

From Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence by Karen Armstrong

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The ambiguity of our situation is what makes us human.

From The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir

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The brain is the most complex structure in the universe, and it is also the most fragile.

From The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

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Religious traditions have often been a response to the human condition.

From A History of God by Karen Armstrong

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To be a man is to be in the midst of suffering.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The universe is a stage, and we are merely players.

From The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku

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The greatest problem of our time is the search for meaning.

From The Ghost in the Machine by Arthur Koestler

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To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

From The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche

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