Quotes About Humanity

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.

I believe in man. I believe in mankind, as the worst and the best that has happened to this world.

The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.

It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

History is little more than the story of man's sin, and the daily newspaper a running commentary on it.

Art attests to what is inhuman in man.

All men are alike when asleep.

How good and thoughtful he is; the world seems full of good men--even if there are monsters in it.

We know that the wildest and most moving dramas are played not in the theatre but in the hearts of ordinary men and women.

I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

The most unequivocal sign of contempt for man is to regard everybody merely as a means to one's own ends, or of no account whatever.

The most unambiguous sign that a person holds men in low esteem is this, that he either acknowledges them merely as means to his ends or does not acknowledge them at all.

Man needs to suffer. When he does not have real griefs he creates them.

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.

But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!

I sincerely believe that no problem is bigger than man, and problems are blown out of proportion by man himself.

If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting.

If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, he would have given man a moon.

Between the murder of an animal and the murder of a man, there's no more than ONE step!

The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.

Alas, our rulers are not gods, but puny, fallible men, like the kings who constantly forget their parts, and we common men should be their prompters.

Unlike the animal, God has given man the faculty of reason.