We humans are more concerned with having than with being.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that people often prioritize material possessions over true existence and self-awareness.
Morgan Freeman's quote highlights a common tendency among humans to focus on accumulating possessions and wealth instead of engaging in deeper introspection and understanding of one's being. The distinction between 'having' and 'being' invites reflection on the values we hold and encourages us to seek fulfillment through self-awareness, relationships, and personal growth rather than through material success alone.
In practice
In a discussion about consumerism and its impact on mental health, this quote can emphasize the importance of focusing on inner values.
Freeman denied the claim that he was a “man of God”, saying that “the question of faith is whatever you actually believe is. We take a lot of what we're talking about in science on faith; we posit a theory, and until it's dis-proven we have faith that it's true. If the mathematics work out, then it's true, until it's proven to be untrue.
I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors.
Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.
Don't be afraid of what you want. This is your time. The barriers are down.
Donald Trump is the Honey Boo Boo of rich people.
Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.
The time has come to realise that an interpretation of the universe—even a positivist one—remains unsatisfying unless it covers the interior as well as the exterior of things; mind as well as matter. The true physics is that which will, one day, achieve the inclusion of man in his wholeness in a coherent picture of the world.
Ninety-nine per cent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
You, yesterday, did the usual things, just as any day, You don't know if it's worth remembering. You would prefer to remember, there lying in the half-darkness of the bedroom, not what has happened already but what is going to happen. In your half-darkness your eyes would prefer to look ahead, not behind, and they do not know how to foresee the past.
We cannot go back in time and change the past, but we can repent. The Savior can wipe away our tears of regret and remove the burden of our sins. His Atonement allows us to leave the past behind and move forward with clean hands, a pure heart, and a determination to do better and especially to become better.
To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you.
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