Quotes about Beings
It is the chief joy of all holy beings to witness the joy and happiness of those around them.
— Ellen White
There is one universe out of all things, one god pervading all things, one substance, one law, one common reason in all intelligent beings, and one truth.
— Marcus Aurelius
He had no ideal world of dead heroes; he knew little of the life of men in the past; he must find the beings to whom he could cling with loving admiration among those who came within speech of him.
— George Eliot
To talk of rational beings apart from man is as if we attempted to talk of heavy beings apart from bodies.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
God wants to see human beings, not ghosts who shun the world. In the whole of world history there is only one real significant hour ... the present ... if you want to find eternity, you must serve the times.
— Eric Metaxas
The greatest miracle of omnipotence was in creating beings who had the potential to resist it.
— Gregory Boyd
I think the greatest gift we can give our children is to show them that devotion to God's purposes - love for all beings - is the center of all right living.
— Marianne Williamson
I believe no challenge is more important to the character of America than restoring the right to life to all human beings.
— Ronald Reagan
Our people believed every creature had a spark—nitzotz—that which was holy, and we were to show kindness and compassion to all beings, what we called baal chayyim. All animals praise God, as we do, with their songs and their voices. In midwinter, we dedicated a Sabbath to the birds, to offer our gratitude and acknowledge that it is their songs that have taught mankind how to chant and praise the glory of our Creator.
— Alice Hoffman
This embodied [soul] is eternally unslayableIn the body of everyone, son of Bharata;Therefore all beingsThou shouldst not mourn.Likewise having regard for thine own [caste] dutyThou shouldst not tremble;For another, better thing than a fight required of dutyExists not for a warrior.
— Anonymous
Those (who) seek to establish systems of Government based on the regimentation of all Human Beings by a handful of individual rulers...call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Climate change: Never before in history have human beings been called on to act collectively in defense of the Earth.
— Desmond Tutu