#human-condition
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The ambiguity of being is the source of all our dilemmas.
Religious traditions have often been a response to the human condition.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
To be a man is to be in the midst of suffering.
The greatest problem of our time is the search for meaning.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
From The Republic of Plato by Allan Bloom
To be alive is to be vulnerable.
From Rising Strong by Brené Brown
In the midst of suffering, we can find the seeds of progress.
From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Man is a useless passion.
The brain is the most complex structure in the universe, and it is also the most fragile.
Ambiguity is the foundation of human existence.
We are all just one diagnosis away from being a patient.
From The Forgotten Room: Inside a Public Patient Hospital by Dan Baum
Ambiguity is the fundamental quality of human existence.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
From The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche
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
The struggle for meaning is a universal human endeavor that transcends cultures.
The universe is a stage, and we are merely players.
From The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku
The cycle of life and death is the most fundamental aspect of human existence.
From The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
From The Rebel by Albert Camus
The man who does not rebel does not see the chains.
From The Rebel by Albert Camus
The ambiguity of our situation is what makes us human.
The quest for meaning is a quintessentially human endeavor.
From The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
War is one of the constants of history, and it seems to be a part of the human condition.