Quotes About Humanity

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold - brothers who know now they are truly brothers.

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are truly good at heart.

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs, he is truly magnificent; but those organs have not grown on him and they still give him much trouble at times.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

I'll be truly happy when we're not counting the number of ethnically diverse models on a fashion runway or campaign, when having a representation of the entire human race is the norm and not an exception.

I think that one of the reasons why people look towards the end of humanity is that people are afraid to die alone. If you die alone, the people you love will miss you, or if they die, you miss them - the sorrow is inevitable. When you truly love someone, the thought of losing them forever is horrible.

Maybe it's because I'm a little naive, but I do like to think that there aren't really very many truly bad people in the world. I think that everybody has their reasons for what they do, and if you really look through their eyes, you could probably understand them.

Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.

I hope that America will do away with the death penalty. I truly believe we are better than that.

If you compare charitable donations, you name it, religious tithing, giving, Americans trump citizens of the world hands down.

In 2017, it's discouraging that it seems like we're going backward. And that's not just because of Trump; that's because we, as humans, condone discrimination; it's a human issue. It's part of something bigger.

Believing in the good of humanity is a revolutionary act - it means that we don't need all those managers and CEO's, kings and generals. That we can trust people to govern themselves and make their own decisions.

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town.

One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because of their position or title.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

The real community of man is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers.

For most of us, the thought of traveling to another galaxy probably seems like science fiction. But the truth is, the foundation for humankind's journey beyond Earth's solar system is being laid right now aboard our very own International Space Station.

The truth is that humans have the potential to be horrific. And I think being conscious of that is important.

The truth is that goodness is hardwired in humanity.

The truth is, man is hereunto led by reason which is his nature.

I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.

Nothing gets us down more than watching violence on television or reading about war and brutality in the newspaper. The truth is, there's a massive reduction in the amount of violence around the world.

We have been trained to broadcast our successes and hide our failures. But the truth is this: our failures humanise us, and they connect us to one another.