Human Potential Quotes

“Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”
― Thomas Gray, An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

“There is far more spiritual potential within than most people realize. The potential is so great that to define it in words would be impossible.”
― Belsebuub, Gazing into the Eternal: Reflections upon a Deeper Purpose to Living

“I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)... 'I spoke to three scholars,' [the character says 'at last.'] ...two of them said that, after death, the [sic (misprint, fault of the publisher)] just go to Paradise. The third one, though, told me to consult some verses from the Koran. [end quote]' ...I can see that he's excited. [narrator]' ...Now I have many positive things to say about Coelho: He is respectable, inspiring as a man, a truth-seeker, and an appealing writer; but one should hesitate to call him a 'literary' writer based on this quote. A 'literary' author knows that a character's excitement should be 'shown' in his or her dialogue and not in the narrator's commentary on it. Advice for Coelho: Remove the 'I can see that he's excited' sentence and show his excitement in the phrasing of his quote.(Now, in defense of Coelho, I am firmly of the opinion, having myself written plenty of prose that is flawed, that a novelist should be forgiven for slipping here and there.)Lastly, it appears that a belief in reincarnation is of great interest to Mr. Coelho ... Just think! He is a man who has achieved, (as Leonard Cohen would call it), 'a remote human possibility.' He has won lots of fame and tons of money. And yet, how his preoccupation with reincarnation—none other than an interest in being born again as somebody else—suggests that he is not happy!”
― Roman Payne

“Human potential is amazing...We have the capacity to create a world that is peaceful...one that spreads kindness and love rather than hatred. If we believe it to be so, it will be our truth, and we will create it.”
― Kristi Bowman, Journey to One: A Woman's Story of Emotional Healing and Spiritual Awakening

“Most of us, most of our lives, are asked to live small. Most of us quit trying very young to live the bigness we know is possible.”
― Janisse Ray, Wild Spectacle: Seeking Wonders in a World Beyond Humans

“The true revolution can only occur within the heart.”
― Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Che

“Once life is realized, that is the end of all pursuit, and the beginning of the ultimate exploration – the exploration of ourselves – the exploration of our potential – the exploration of the humanity within the humans.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Find A Cause Outside Yourself: Sermon of Sustainability

“We need to manifest a dominant paradigm for the liberation of people and planet based on mutual care and consideration. And love. We need to reboot our world with a unified vision to achieve this end. In this new zeitgeist, we can come together around creating a world for fully functional, fully integrated, fully realized individuals as the premise for coexistence.”
― Michael Ronin, Modern Masculinity for the Conscious Man: Making Sense in Troubled Times

“We all have exceptional abilities in something, every one of us, we ought to discover them and put them to use.”
― Geoffrey Ocaya

“We think we are limited because we think we are limited but what if we remove that thought and think we are limitless then we are limitless with infinite potential.”
― Aiyaz Uddin

“We are all uranium humans,
extremely unstable,
but extremely potent.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“What is the point of you? What is your worth? And by worth I am not talking about your financial value, I am talking about something much more significant than that. So, I ask again - what is your worth? And you won't find the answer in any scripture or church - you won't find it even in this book. Because no external power can give you the answer to something so incredibly existential in nature.

If you want to know your worth, ask yourself, what are you without your bank account. The worth of a person lies in character. The same goes for a nation and the same goes for a world. Therefore, a nation's worth lies not in the value of its currency, but in the character of its people. And it all begins with the individual - it all begins with you. Your character holds not just the worth of your own life, but that of the lives of your people as well. So, feel like it's the feeling of your society and act like it's the action of your society.

But mark you, here I do not mean, feeling and acting like the society, rather, I am asking you to feel, think and act as an original, brave and conscientious human being, so that you become the very emblem of humanhood in front of others, for them to draw their life’s inspiration from. Doing what the society wants, makes you a second hand human - wanting the society to do what you want, makes you a narcissistic bigot - but being an embodiment of humanhood without any expectation from others, is what makes you a sentient human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Every Generation Needs Caretakers: The Gospel of Patriotism

“If humans can be taught, they can be taught anything. If humans can learn, they can unlearn and relearn anything. If humans can be taught and can learn, there should be no excuses not to provide them with opportunities. In fact, perhaps all a person needs is an opportunity, as they already possess the inherent capacity to learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
― Aiyaz Uddin

“[T]he most radical theorists... are not critics of the educational system in the usual sense, because they are not interested first and foremost in schooling. They are interested less in teaching and learning than in growth, dignity, autonomy, freedom, and the development of the full range of human potentialities." (p. 17)”
― Ronald Gross, Radical School Reform

“We are larger than the sum of our parts, and we possess the potential for greatness of a magnitude inconceivable to our conventional ways of thinking.”
― Felisa Tan, In Search for Meaning

“God smiles to calm me and it works. He says, 'They don't realize what they're losing when they bring suffering upon themselves in the name of God. Great art must always have balance. I did not create humanity to suffer. However, suffering is unavoidable. It's a component of life. To bring additional suffering upon oneself is a waste of human potential.”
― Penelope Przekop, Dust

“The Christ has no form, for it is omnipresent. As the ocean is present in each of its drops, but no drop can be identified with the whole ocean, so the universal Spirit of Christ was manifested in Jesus, but could not be even remotely defined in terms of his human form. All souls who attain the state of oneness with the Christ consciousness lose, inwardly, their sense of fundamental individuality and become what are called masters. All of them are equals of Jesus Christ. Jesus was not born on earth to show people how great he was. He came to show us the greatness of our own divine potential.”
― Kriyananda, Revelations of Christ: Proclaimed by Paramhansa Yogananda, Presented by his disciple, Swami

“The power of love helps us realize our innate human potential.”
― Stephanie Cacioppo, Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection

“Stop setting goals. Start asking: what’s my potential as a human being and how can I move toward it everyday?”
― Ellie Shoja, The 13th Planet

“Small decisions, every day. That’s what determines who you are and what kind of life you lead. With every decision you make, claim who you want to be.”
― Ellie Shoja, The 13th Planet

“In every era, wellness has been the compass guiding humanity; when we nurture ourselves, we unlock potential that propels society forward into uncharted territories.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“Anyone can create safe, boring, forgettable rubbish if they want. My heroes were fearless, they challenged and broke conventions, and reinvented themselves and the creative mediums in which they operated. While others reached beyond the Earth's rim to literally break new ground on the Moon.”
― Stewart Stafford

“As we embark on this challenging yet transformational inner journey, we tap into the quantum self, the infinite potential that resides within. We come to realize that we’re not victims of circumstance, but conscious creators with the power to literally change the world ... or at least our world … by altering our worldview.

Our own reclaimed beliefs—which are more like deep knowings based on direct personal experience instead of mimetic desire—are some of the primary tools that we employ as increasingly conscious architects of our own experience.”
― Sol Luckman, Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

“The world doesn't need better tools. It needs awakened hands holding them.”
― SunDeep Mehra

“The farthest journeys only deepen the return.”
― SunDeep Mehra

“There is no place on earth where people aren't amazing, aren't kind, and are longing for positive change.”
― SunDeep Mehra

“Embodiment is not the starting point. It's the fruit. The final proof that awakening has entered.”
― SunDeep Mehra

“We have reached a point where narratives move faster than nations, and leadership is measured not by what's done, but how well it's declared.”
― SunDeep Mehra

“If your pen is in someone else’s hand, you will end up in the dustbin 100% of the time.”
― SunDeep Mehra

“Purpose isn't lost, it's in the basics.”
― SunDeep Mehra