Quotes About Humanity

La sabiduría de una ciudad no hay que medirla por los sabios que acoge, ni por sus bibliotecas, ni por sus ilustradores, calígrafos y medersas, sino por el número de crímenes tortuosos cometidos en sus calles oscuras a lo largo de miles de años.

But no one believes in that way what he reads in a novel...Oh yes they do. If only to see themselves as wise and superior and humanistic, they need to think of us as sweet and funny, and convince themselves that they sympathize with the way we are and even love us.

why humanity has a spiritual need for a mirror (a custom-built mirror!) such as the novel.

se volvió hacia nosotros, que en ese momento estábamos de pie el uno junto al otro, y sonrió como si estuviera viendo una de esas inigualables maravillas creadas por Dios para doblegar el orgullo del ser humano y proclamar su estupidez, un enano perfecto o dos gemelos exactamente iguales.

Todas las civilizaciones, como la gente que hay en los cementerios, son mortales. Y nosotros sabemos, como el hecho de que vamos a morir, que las civilizaciones que han llegado a su término no volverán nunca más.

How difficult it is being human, even worse is living a human's life.

Cartile nu adauga nefericirii omenesti decat o anumita adancime, pe care noi o socotim a fi consolare.

Gospodine službeni?e, pogledajte te ljude, rekla je i rukom kroz prozor pokazala na grad. Ono što ovih deset miliona ljudi u Istanbulu drži na okupu jeste novac za hleb, interes, ra?un, kamata, vi to znate bolje od mene. Ali postoji samo jedna stvar koja ?oveka drži na nogama u toj vrevi - a to je ljubav. Orhan Pamuk: ?udan ose?aj u meni

Humanity has one strength that no one has: that is we may feel the feelings, pain, jealousy, failure, love, happiness of others and identify with them, and even see the world through their own eyes.

San o junaštvu je utjeha za nesretne. Osim toga, na što se svodi junaštvo naših ljudi? Na ubijanje: ubijaju ili jedni druge, ili sami sebe!

Do koje nam je mjere dano doživjeti patnje i ljubavi drugih ljudi? Koliko možemo razumjeti one oko sebe ?ije su boli i bijeda i razo?aranja dublji i teži od naših? Ako razumjeti zna?i staviti se na mjesto onih koji su od nas druga?iji, jesu li bogataši i suci ovoga svijeta ikada shvatili nebrojene patnike koji su ih okruživali?

Throughout history, religious leaders and other honorable men of conscience have always warned against this shaming confusion. They remind us that the poor have hearts, minds, humanity, and wisdom just like everyone else. When Hans Hansen sees a poor man he feels sorry for him. He would not necessarily assume that the man's a fool who's blown his chances or a drunk who's lost his will.

C?rÈ›ile nu adaug? nefericirii omeneÈ™ti decât o anumit? adâncime, pe care noi o socotim a fi consolare.

Roman sanat?n? canl? tutan ÅŸey, yazar ile okur aras?nda ortak bir kurmaca anlay???n?n olmas? deÄŸil, olmamas?d?r. Bu anlaÅŸmazl?k ve aynalar aras?na düÅŸme duygusu, roman sanat?n? Decartesç? düÅŸüncenin d???na ta??r ve insanl???n düÅŸünme, hayal etme, herkesi, her ÅŸeyi özgürce anlama özlemine seslenir.

Herkesin bildiÄŸi gibi ÅŸeref meselesi gibi laflar asl?nda insanlar?n birbirlerini gönül rahatl???yla öldürmeleri için icat edilmiÅŸ bahanelerdir.

Cuánto podemos alguna vez saber sobre el amor y el dolor en otro corazón? ¿Cuánto podemos esperar entender a quienes han sufrido la angustia más profunda, una mayor privación, y más decepciones aplastamiento que nosotros mismos hemos conocido

Tidak mungkin bagi kita untuk sengaja menyakiti orang lain tanpa menyakiti diri kita sendiri juga.

What," I said, "in your estimation, is the greatest good a man can do?" 'The greatest good he can do is to cultivate himself, develop his powers, in order that he may be of greater use to humanity.

Fijarnos limitaciones a nosotros mismos es uno de los pecados capitales de la humanidad.

There is something inside of a man which protests against doing that which tends to injure another, that which does not square with his God nature, with the best thing in him; that which is not working in response to his highest aspiration.

Open eyes will discover opportunities everywhere; open ears will never fail to detect the cries of those who are perishing for assistance; open hearts will never want for worthy objects upon which to bestow their gifts; open hands will never lack for noble work to do.

But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person had in mind. Once you understand what people really want, you can't hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can't hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your own heart.

What else should you be? Human beings didn't evolve brains in order to lie around on lakes. Killing's the first thing we learned. And a good thing we did, or we'd be dead, and the tigers would own the earth.

Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender. The best you can do is choose to fill the roles given you by good people, by people who love you.