Logo
Quote by George Saunders
The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunge

The universal human laws – need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain – are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture. – George Saunders

Other quotes by George Saunders

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. – George Saunders

Category:
Truth
Author
George Saunders
Read Quote

We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate – and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. – George Saunders

Category:
Age
Author
George Saunders
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Fear
category

It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it! – May Sarton

Category:
Fear

When men dont fear God, they give themselves to evil. – Ray Comfort

Category:
Fear

In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it! – Bryant H. McGill

Category:
Fear

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. Thats the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead! – George S. Patton

Category:
Fear

Random Quotes

You want to do your job well so that people in the future say, OK, hes not bad, lets hire him. – Javier Bardem

Category:
Future

Good composition is like a suspension bridge – each line adds strength and takes none away. – Robert Henri

Category:
strength

The point is, technology has empowered so many musicians, you know? – Stanley Clarke

Category:
Technology

I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. Theyre always misunderstood, but theyre the ones who are standing up for human rights. – Richard Hatch

Category:
Courage