The capacity for tears is the last demonstration of greatness.G. Campbell MorganEmotionHumanityResilience Share this
The discovery that heartbreak is indeed heartbreaking consoles us about our humanity.Lionel ShriverEmotionHumanityResilience Share this
And those who saw, it did surprise, Such drops could fall from human eyes.Lord ByronEmotionHumanitySurprise Share this
The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itselfWilliam FaulknerEmotionHumanityStruggle Share this
What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.Henri NouwenEmotionHumanityLove Share this
After his blood, that which a man can next give out of himself is a tear.Alphonse de LamartineEmotionHumanitySacrifice Share this
Our tears are precious, necessary, and part of what make us such endearing creatures.David RichoEmotionHumanityVulnerability Share this
Geometry alone is not enough to portray human desires, expressions, aspirations, joys. We need more.Akira YoshizawaEmotionHumanity Share this
Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive.Antony GormleyEmotionExpressionHumanity Share this
Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.JuvenalEmotionHumanityStrength Share this
Even the most stoic of men will be childlike at least once in a day.Claire BloomEmotionHumanityVulnerability Share this
Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.Pierre BonnardEmotionExpressionHumanity Share this
We scarcely wish to analyse what we feel to be so large and deeply human.Virginia WoolfComplexityEmotionHumanity Share this
Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.Charles DarwinEmotionHumanity Share this
The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe.Charles W. ChesnuttEmotionHumanityMystery Share this
When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing.RumiEmotionHumanityLove Share this
I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.Edvard MunchEmotionExpressionHumanity Share this
Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.Elizabeth GilbertEmotionHumanityVulnerability Share this
A good song deals with the human condition, and the truth of the human condition.Emmylou HarrisAuthenticityEmotionHumanity Share this
Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.Ernest L. BoyerEmotionExplorationHumanity Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity
