Richard of Chichester (1197–1253) Bishop of Chichester, Saint
Quoted in Alban Butler, Lives of the Saints, vol. II: April, May, June, Burns & Oates, 1956, p. 24.
“the little death. What would or could be left of a human being after such an experience?”
— Alice Borchardt, book The Dragon Queen
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“If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.”
William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
“And what would humans be without love?"
RARE, said Death.”
Terry Pratchett book Sourcery
Source: Sourcery
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest
This is attributed to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in The Joy of Kindness (1993), by Robert J. Furey, p. 138; but it is attributed to G. I. Gurdjieff in Beyond Prophecies and Predictions: Everyone's Guide To The Coming Changes (1993) by Moira Timms, p. 62; neither cite a source. It was widely popularized by Wayne Dyer, who often quotes it in his presentations, crediting it to Chardin, as does Stephen Covey in Living the 7 Habits : Stories of Courage and Inspiration (2000), p. 47. Such statements could be considered paraphrases of Hegel's dictum that matter is spirit fallen into a state of self-otherness. Or any number of thousands of similarly vague quotes by hundreds of predecessors.
Disputed
Variant: We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
Variant: We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
“To leave, after all, was not the same as being left.”
Anita Shreve book The Pilot's Wife
Source: The Pilot's Wife
J. Howard Moore (1862–1916)
"The Psychology of Altruism", p. 309
The Universal Kinship (1906), The Ethical Kinship
