Quotes About Humanity

El mundo de ningún modo se hundirá porque haya menos hombres malos.

Puoi conoscere il cuore di un uomo già dal modo in cui egli tratta le bestie.

Freedom is alone the unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity; and is independent of the will and co-action of every other…

The world will by no means perish by a diminution in the number of evil men.

From such crooked timber as humankind is made of nothing entirely straight can be made.

Agisci in modo da considerare l'umanità, sia nella tua persona, sia nella persona di ogni altro, sempre anche come scopo, e mai come semplice mezzo.

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made

Man's greatest concern is to know how he shall properly fill his place in the universe and correctly understand what he must be in order to be a man.

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no truly straight thing was ever made.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: Incluso los filósofos elogiarán la guerra como ennobleciendo a la humanidad, olvidando al griego que dijo: La guerra es mala porque engendra más mal que el que mata (Immanuel Kant)

Falsehood, ingratitude, injustice, the puerility of the ends which we ourselves look upon as great and momentous… these all so contradict the idea of what men might be if they only would, and are so at variance with our active wish to see them better, that, to avoid hating where one cannot love, it seems but a slight sacrifice to forego all the joys of fellowship with our kind.

Het is geheel en al onmogelijk om in de wereld en zelfs ook daarbuiten iets te bedenken wat zonder restrictie voor goed gehouden kan worden, behalve dan een GOEDE WIL.

To assume that the ruler cannot ever err or that he cannot be ignorant of something would be to portray him as blessed with divine inspiration and as elevated above the rest of humanity. Hence freedom of the pen . . . is the sole protector of the people's rights.

KövetkezÅ'leg a háborúba önmagában valami belsÅ' méltóságot helyeznek, annyira, hogy annak olykor még filozófusok is, mint az emberiség bizonyos megnemesülésének, dicsÅ'ítÅ' beszédet tartanak, megfeledkezve ama görögnek mondásáról: "A háború abban rossz, hogy több rossz embert csinál, mint amennyit elpusztít.

Beneath the instinct to fight there lurks a diviner instinct to love.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

Un soldato nemico non era mai solo - un essere umano di fronte a un altro - ma portava con sé una folla innumerevole di fantasmi, i fantasmi degli assenti e dei morti. Non ci si rivolgeva a un uomo ma a una moltitudine invisibile; così nessuna delle parole pronunciate era detta semplicemente e come tale ascoltata; si aveva sempre la strana sensazione che a parlare fosse soltanto una bocca, che parlava per tante altre, mute.

Anything was better than music, for music alone can abolish differences of language or culture between two people and evoke something indestructible within them.

How tolerable misfortunes appear when they affect only other people! How strong the human body seems when it's another man's flesh that bleeds! How easy it is to look death in the face when it's another man's turn!

Un roman trebuie s? semene cu o strad? plin? cu necunoscuÈ›i, pe unde trec dou?, trei fiinÈ›e, nu mai mult, pe care s? le cunoÈ™ti pe de-a întregul.

I swear here and now never again to take out my bitterness, no matter how justifiable, on a group of people, whatever their race, religion, convictions, prejudices, errors. I feel sorry for these poor children.

dac? ar primi mâine ordin, m-ar aresta, m-ar ucide cu mâna lor È™i f?r? remuÈ™c?ri?... R?zboiul... Da, È™tim bine ce e r?zboiul. Dar ocupaÈ›ia e într-un fel mai cumplit?, pentru c? te obiÈ™nuieÈ™ti cu oamenii; îÈ›i zici c? la urma urmelor, sunt È™i ei ca toÈ›i ceilalÈ›i, dar nu-i deloc adev?rat. Suntem dou? specii diferite, care nu se pot împ?ca vreodat?, inamice pe via??.

SimÈ›ea mil? de tovar??ii lui de suferin??, dar o mil? lucid? È™i rece. La urma urmelor, aceste mari migraÈ›ii umane p?reau dictate de legi ale naturii, îÈ™i zicea el. Deplas?ri periodice de mase considerabile erau probabil necesare popoarelor, cum e transhumanÈ›a pentru oi. În mod straniu, ideea îl înt?rea.

A un certo grado di tragico orrore, lo spirito umano, saturo, reagisce con l'indifferenza e l'egoismo