Quotes About Humanity

Die Revolution hätte mich mitgerissen, hätte sie nicht mit Verbrechen begonnen: beim Anblick des ersten Kopfes auf der Spitze einer Pike zuckte ich zurück. Niemals wird für mich der Mord Gegenstand der Bewunderung und ein Argument für die Freiheit sein.

I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.

I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples.

Los seres humanos, tal como los conocemos, no son sino partes infinitesimales de un todo inmenso.

Then, I said to myself: 'HISTORY IS HUMAN NATURE—; TO SAY I AM GUILTY IS TO ACCEPT IMPLICATION IN THE HUMAN RACE. . .' —Now, for months and months, I have found ANOTHER MAN in me—; HE is NOT me—; I am afraid of him …

other words, he is more closely related to any of the Neanderthal samples, all of which date from at least 30,000 years ago, than he is to any living man, woman or child on the planet.

we know what pain is, and what suffering is, from your point of view.

Children are not entirely human. There is a lot of the animal left in them. about the girl who needed her foot amputated. p170

hers was the heartlessness of poverty, which, it seemed to me, is different from the heartlessness of wealth. p 290

The camera has a mind of its own--its own point of view. Then the human bearer of time stumbles into the camera's gaze--the camera's domain of pristine space hitherto untraversed is now contaminated by human temporality. Intrusion occurs, but the camera remains transfixed by its object. It doesn't care. The camera has no human fears.

Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.

a truth our socetiy must not lose sight of and that is the sanctity of every human life and the dignity of every indvidual

I felt bad, but I did it anyway, because I'm only human. I was ashamed of myself and depressed afterward, though, which is human, too, I guess. Being human is an excuse for just about everything, but it also kind of sucks in a way.

Und weil die Soldaten durchaus einsahen, dass ein Bauer ohne Hof nicht überlebensfähig war, hängten sie ihn der Ordnung halber an den nächsten Baum und zogen weiter. Niemand regte sich groß darüber auf.

Merkwürdige Rasse, die Menschheit. Flog zum Mond und schändete kleine Kinder.

And yet most people would be lost without the idea that life increases in value the more it resembles our own.

Luckily for the people she helped, my mother was gloriously inconsistent. She lived according to the more enlightened parts of the Bible and ignored the rest. For instance, no matter what she claimed the Bible taught about homosexuality, Mom acted as if being born gay was just another way to be human. She provided refuge, love and compassion to many gay

It seems to me that a spiritual sensibility is built into human nature. Formal religion may or may not disappear but art, love and a desire to find beauty will remain.

We are part of nature yet we have decided to be nicer than nature.

If we wait for correct ideas to save us—theological or otherwise—we'll never be saved, even from ourselves. Why? Because we can never have a fully correct idea. Why? Because however we label ourselves, we are still only half-evolved primates in two or more minds and multiple moods.

How we treat others is the only proof of truth we have.

People are not as one-dimensional as the stories about them.

We're living in an acquisitive capitalist society that is fundamentally anti-family and fundamentally uncomfortable with just enjoying being human. We'd rather shop than live, acquire than love and stare into a screen than hold each other.

man is essentially a social being. We should not come into existence unless other humans produced us, or stay in existence unless they maintained us in it.