Human Condition

Then the writing became

Then the writing became so fluid that I sometimes felt as if I were writing for the sheer pleasure of telling a story, which may be the human condition that most resembles levitation. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I realise that I

I realise that I had the best of serious picture journalism. There was an innocence in our approach, especially in the 1950s and 1960s when we naively believed that by holding a mirror up to the world we could help – no matter how little – to make people aware of the human condition. Eve … Read more

Since we are mortal,

Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls. Euripides

No society has been

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa. Eugene Ionesco

Yet again, an ancient

Yet again, an ancient answer echoes across the centuries: Listen! Listen to stories! For what stories do, above all else, is hold up a mirror so that we can see ourselves. Stories are mirrors of human be-ing, reflecting back our very essence. In a story, we come to know precisely the both/and, mixed-upped-ness of our … Read more

the best existential analysis

the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith Ernest Becker

I’ve never met a

I’ve never met a person who does not want a safer world, better medical care and education for their children, and peace with their neighbours. I just don’t meet those people. What I meet, over and over again, as I travel around, is that the essential human condition is optimistic – in every one of … Read more

Then the writing became

I realise that I

Since we are mortal,

Yet again, an ancient

the best existential analysis

I’ve never met a

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