Quotes About Humanity

You should get more sun and fresh air. The other day I read in the paper that vitamin D increases our faith in fellow humans.

Del resto, che razza di scienza è quella che porta un uomo sulla Luna, ma non è in grado di garantire un pezzo di pane a tutti gli essere umani?

Had I paused to reflect, I would have understood that my devotion to Clara brought me no more than suffering. Perhaps for that very reason, I adored her all the more, because of the eternal human stupidity of pursing those who hurt us the most.

Don't say another word. If you think you're the only person for whom life is painful, you're wrong. And if you don't mind letting yourself die like a dog, at least have the decency to remember that there are those of us who do care- although, to tell the truth, I don't see why.

We're all whores, sooner or later.

In this dog-eat-dog world, he thought, when you get old and even common sense hurts, a crumb of kindness or pity is a dish fit for the gods.

the problem is that man is a moral animal abandoned in an amoral universe and condemned to a finite existence with no other purpose than to perpetuate the natural cycle of the species. It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for a human being. We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.

In the end, I think that's what matters, that he's truly a good person and that he's real. That he's someone you can hold on to on a cold winter's night and who knows how to make you feel warm inside.

The territory of humans is life, said the doctor. Death does not belong to us

El territorio de los seres humanos es la vida. La muerte no nos pertenece.

Wissen sie, Daniel, manchmal denke ich, Darwin hat sich geirrt, und in Wirklichkeit stammt der Mensch vom Schwein oder vom Hund ab, denn in acht von zehn Hominiden steckt ein Schweinehund, der darauf wartet, rausgelassen zu werden.

And then I would think about the war and about the fact that those who waged it were also children once.

Kakva je to znanost koja može ?ovjeka poslati na Mjesec, a ne može staviti komad kruha na stol svakog ?ovjeka?

Furcsa, milyen könnyen mondunk ítéletet egy másik ember fölött, mindaddig, amíg nem hiányzik. Amíg el nem ragadja tÅ'lünk a sors. És azért veszítjük el, mert soha nem is tartozott igazán hozzánk.

Habrá advertido que no tenemos electricidad, Óscar. Lo cierto es que no creemos demasiado en los adelantos de la ciencia moderna. Al fin y al cabo, ¿qué clase de ciencia es esa, capaz de poner un hombre en la Luna pero incapaz de poner un pedazo de pan en la mesa de cada ser humano? —A lo mejor el problema no está en la ciencia, sino en quiénes deciden cómo emplearla —sugerí.

Sempre dizia que os seres humanos deixavam a vida passar como se fossem viver para sempre e que isso era a sua perdição.

A mesquinhez dos homens' — costumava dizer — 'é um pavio em busca da chama'.

Podría pintar mil años -murmuró Salvat en su lecho de muerte- y no cambiaría un ápice la barbarie, la ignorancia y la bestialidad de los hombres. La belleza es un soplo contra el viento de la realidad.

Somos frágiles. Criaturas pasajeras. Cuanto queda de nosotros son nuestras acciones, el bien o el mal que hacemos a nuestros semejantes.

We're all whores, sooner or later. I mean

The territory of humans is life. Death does not belong to us.

Si regala qualcosa per il piacere di farlo,non perché qualcuno lo meriti o meno

Are you sure you don't think that if you save someone decent, you'll save the world, or at least the possibility that something good might be left in it?

Sigurno ste primetili da nemamo struju, Oskare. Mi zapravo ne verujemo mnogo u postignu?a savremene nauke. Na kraju krajeva, kakva je to nauka koja je kadra da ?oveka spusti na Mesec, a nije u stanju da spusti komad hleba na trpezu svakog ljudskog bi?a? Možda problem nije u nauci, negu u onima koji odlu?uju o tome kako da se ona primeni, primetio sam.