Quote by George Orwell
Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human being

Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. – George Orwell

Other quotes by George Orwell

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. – George Orwell

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Future
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If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on the human face — forever. – George Orwell

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Society
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Humankind
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We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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Humankind

Evolution: one small step for man, one giant leap backward for mankind. – Terri Guillemets

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Humankind

Human beings invent just as many ways to sabotage their lives as to improve them. – Mark Goulston, Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior, 1996

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Humankind

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing. – Mariane Moore, “A Grave,” Collected Poems, 1951

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Humankind

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Want to make your computer go really fast? Throw it out a window. – Anon.

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Computers

Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention. – Deepak Chopra

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Beauty

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age. – Larry Wall

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Science

For such is God our God, forever and ever. He will guide us until death. Psalm 48:14 – Bible

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Fate & Destiny