Human Nature Quotes

लोकतंत्र को अच्छे लोगों की निष्क्रियता, ज़्यादातर लोगों के स्वार्थ और कुछ बुरे लोगों की नापाक चालों से खतरा है।

Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people.

Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people.

आडंबर यह जल्दी उजागर कर देता है कि इंसान असल में क्या है, बजाय इसके कि वह क्या दिखना चाहता है।

Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.

Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.

कदम-दर-कदम हम देख रहे हैं कि लोकतंत्र को एक अवांछित खरपतवार की तरह उखाड़ा जा रहा है और अमेरिका में फासीवाद तथा पुलिस राज की तैयारी हो रही है। इसमें काफी हद तक संसद की मिलीभगत है, मीडिया का समर्थन है और जनता उदासीन है। जब तक जनता की यह उदासीनता टूटेगी, तब तक बहुत देर हो चुकी होगी और जो कुछ खोया है उसे भारी संघर्ष और पीड़ा के बिना वापस पाना लगभग नामुमकिन होगा।

Step by step we see democracy being uprooted like an unwanted weed and the preparation for fascism, for a police state in America. The Congress is largely complicit. The media is supportive. The public is apathetic. By the time apathy is reversed, there may be little opportunity to restore what was lost without massive effort and pain.

Step by step we see democracy being uprooted like an unwanted weed and the preparation for fascism, for a police state in America. The Congress is largely complicit. The media is supportive. The public is apathetic. By the time apathy is reversed, there may be little opportunity to restore what was lost without massive effort and pain.

राज्य के दखलअंदाज़ी के तरीके में कुछ भी नया नहीं है। यह उतना ही पुराना और रूढ़िवादी है जितनी कि खुद सामाजिक व्यवस्था। जब भी यह राजनीति के ताने-बाने में घुलता है, यह देश को तबाह कर देता है।

There is nothing new in state interventionism. It is as old and reactionary as societal organization itself. Always, when it permeates the body politic, it kills the nation.

There is nothing new in state interventionism. It is as old and reactionary as societal organization itself. Always, when it permeates the body politic, it kills the nation.

आत्म-संतुष्टि अज्ञानता की संगिनी है।

Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance.

Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance.

यदि हमें हमारा हक नहीं मिलता, तो स्वाभाविक रूप से हमारे भीतर गुस्सा आना लाजिमी है।

If we are deprived of our just due, we naturally experience emotions of anger.

If we are deprived of our just due, we naturally experience emotions of anger.

यह कभी मत भूलिए कि आप किसी निमोनिया का नहीं, बल्कि निमोनिया से पीड़ित इंसान का इलाज कर रहे हैं।

Never forget that it is not a pneumonia, but a pneumonic man who is your patient.

Never forget that it is not a pneumonia, but a pneumonic man who is your patient.

किसी आज़ाद देश को गुलाम बनाने की तुलना में किसी गुलाम देश को आज़ादी दिलाना कहीं अधिक कठिन है।

It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.

It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.

जो लोग आज़ादी से प्यार करते हैं, वे अंततः आज़ाद होकर ही रहते हैं।

A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.

A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.

बीसवीं सदी एक ऐसी सदी थी जिसमें दुनिया के कई हिस्सों में मानवाधिकारों का हनन हुआ, और इस मामले में जापान की भी ज़िम्मेदारी बनती है। मेरा मानना है कि हमें पूरी विनम्रता के साथ अपने इतिहास का सामना करना चाहिए और अपनी ज़िम्मेदारी के बारे में सोचना चाहिए।

The 20th century was a century in which human rights were infringed upon in numerous parts of the world, and Japan also bears responsibility in that regard. I believe that we have to look at our own history with humility and think about our responsibility.

The 20th century was a century in which human rights were infringed upon in numerous parts of the world, and Japan also bears responsibility in that regard. I believe that we have to look at our own history with humility and think about our responsibility.

बेघर लोग सामाजिक रूप से अयोग्य नहीं होते। वे बस ऐसे लोग होते हैं जिनके पास घर नहीं होता।

People who are homeless are not social inadequates. They are people without homes.

People who are homeless are not social inadequates. They are people without homes.

सालों से, सिएरा लियोन, अंगोला और कांगो जैसे देशों में हीरे के उद्योग ने भारी तबाही मचाई है, जहाँ हीरे की बिक्री से मिलने वाले मुनाफे का इस्तेमाल भीषण लड़ाइयों को वित्तपोषित करने के लिए किया गया है, जिसका स्थानीय समुदायों पर विनाशकारी प्रभाव पड़ा है।

Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities.

Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities.

मुझे सचमुच एक ऐसी दुनिया बनाने की ज़रूरत महसूस होती है जो बिल्कुल अलग हो, जो यह दिखाए कि इंसान होने का जादू, उसकी खूबसूरती और उसकी भव्यता कैसी हो सकती है।

I really feel the need to create an alternate world, a vision of what might be magical and beautiful and fantastic about being human.

I really feel the need to create an alternate world, a vision of what might be magical and beautiful and fantastic about being human.

ऊंचाई से बमबारी करने, शहरी बुनियादी ढांचे को निशाना बनाने और घनी आबादी वाले कस्बों तथा गांवों पर बार-बार हमले करने के इस फैसले से यह साफ झलकता है कि अमेरिकी पायलटों और सैनिकों की जान बचाने के लिए, उन्होंने अपने घोषित तालिबान दुश्मनों की जान की परवाह न करके अफगानिस्तान के बेकसूर नागरिकों की जान दांव पर लगा दी... अफगान मृतकों के लिए कोई आधिकारिक दो मिनट का मौन नहीं रखा जाएगा, न ही अखबारों में उनके शोक संदेश छपेंगे और न ही प्रधानमंत्री किसी ऐसी शोक सभा में शामिल होंगे जैसी वर्ल्ड ट्रेड सेंटर के पीड़ितों के लिए हुई थी।

The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected a deliberate trade-off of the lives of American pilots and soldiers, not with those of their declared Taliban enemies, but with Afghan civilians... There will be no official two-minute silence for the Afghan dead, no newspaper obituaries or memorial services attended by the prime minister, as there were for the victims of the twin towers.

The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected a deliberate trade-off of the lives of American pilots and soldiers, not with those of their declared Taliban enemies, but with Afghan civilians... There will be no official two-minute silence for the Afghan dead, no newspaper obituaries or memorial services attended by the prime minister, as there were for the victims of the twin towers.

यूरोपीय अभिजात वर्ग के कुछ लोगों ने हमारे साथ टकराव का रास्ता चुना है। नतीजतन, हम यूरोप की कोई मदद नहीं करेंगे, भले ही शरणार्थियों के मुद्दे पर हम ऐसा करने में सक्षम हैं। सीमाओं को संयुक्त रूप से सील करना बेहद ज़रूरी होगा। इस मामले में, रूसी लोग यूरोपीय लोगों के मुक़ाबले दस गुना ज़्यादा असरदार साबित होंगे।

Some among the European elite have sought out confrontation with us. As a consequence, we won't help Europe, although we could do so when it comes to the refugee question. A joint closure of borders would be essential. In this regard, the Russians would be 10 times more effective than the Europeans.

Some among the European elite have sought out confrontation with us. As a consequence, we won't help Europe, although we could do so when it comes to the refugee question. A joint closure of borders would be essential. In this regard, the Russians would be 10 times more effective than the Europeans.

Christian children, as they plan it, are to be used as human sacrifice. Where? Within the black mass ceremonies, they will participate in any kind of sexual orgy, some to be kept as sexual slaves.

Classification of Christian children, as they plan it, are to be used as human sacrifice. Where? Within the black mass ceremonies, they will participate in any kind of sexual orgy, some to be kept as sexual slaves.

Classification of Christian children, as they plan it, are to be used as human sacrifice. Where? Within the black mass ceremonies, they will participate in any kind of sexual orgy, some to be kept as sexual slaves.

इराक के कब्जे के बाद केवल बुश को ही यह लगता है कि दुनिया ज़्यादा सुरक्षित हुई है।

The only one who thinks the world is safer since the occupation of Iraq is Bush.

The only one who thinks the world is safer since the occupation of Iraq is Bush.

जलवायु बदल रही है, और मानवीय गतिविधियाँ किसी न किसी रूप में इसमें योगदान दे रही हैं।

The climate is changing, and human activity contributes to that in some manner.

The climate is changing, and human activity contributes to that in some manner.

... हमारी सार्वजनिक नैतिकता का ढांचा ढहकर जमीन पर आ गया। उसकी कब्र के ऊपर लगे एक पत्थर पर लिखा था, "सहिष्णुता रखो—बुराई के प्रति भी।" तार्किक रूप से अगला कदम हमारे समाज के अपराधियों से यह कहना होगा, "मैं इस बात से असहमत हूँ कि लूटना और कत्ल करना ठीक है, लेकिन स्वभाविक रूप से मैं आपकी राय का सम्मान करता हूँ।" सहिष्णुता जब सही और गलत के बीच फर्क करना बंद कर दे, तो वह केवल आत्म-संतुष्टि बनकर रह जाती है।

... the structure of our public morality crashed to earth. Above its grave a tombstone read, "Be tolerant--even of evil." Logically the next step would be to say to our commonwealth's criminals, "I disagree that it's all right to rob and murder, but naturally I respect your opinion." Tolerance is only complacence when it makes no distinction between right and wrong.

... the structure of our public morality crashed to earth. Above its grave a tombstone read, "Be tolerant--even of evil." Logically the next step would be to say to our commonwealth's criminals, "I disagree that it's all right to rob and murder, but naturally I respect your opinion." Tolerance is only complacence when it makes no distinction between right and wrong.

कविता इस सवाल को सामने लाती है कि इंसान होने का असल मतलब क्या है

Poetry calls into question what it means to be human

Poetry calls into question what it means to be human