Quotes About Humanity

Se o exercício desse direito (o direito de dispor de seus próprios corpos, como as feministas diriam hoje), na utopia de Sade, resumia-se ao dever de tornar-se instrumento do prazer de outrem, não era tanto porque Sade odiasse as mulheres, mas porque odiava a humanidade. Ele percebeu, mais claramente do que as feministas, que todas as liberdades sob o capitalismo, no final, resumem-se na mesma coisa, na mesma obrigação universal de sentir e de dar prazer.

I learned early that the one truly international quality among people of all races is xenophobia.

Be not too hard For life is short and nothing is given to man. Be not to hard When he is sold and bought And must manage as best he can. Be not to hard For soon he dies Often no wiser than he began. Be not too hard For life Is short And nothing is given to man.

What art thou Faustus, but a man condemned to die?

Know why people run marathons? …Because running is rooted in our collective imagination, and our imagination is rooted in running. Language, art, science; space shuttles, Starry Night, intravascular surgery; they all had their roots in our ability to run. Running was the superpower that made us human — which means its a superpower all humans posses.

Running is the heart of what it means to be human.

Know why people run marathons? he told Dr. Bramble. Because running is rooted in our collective imagination, and our imagination is rooted in running. Language, art, science; space shuttles, Starry Night, intravascular surgery; they all had their roots in our ability to run. Running was the superpower that made us human—which means it's a superpower all humans possess.

Just because men and women of our era don't live up to the myths doesn't mean no one ever has, or ever will again.

Know why people run marathons? Because running is rooted in our collective imagination, and our imagination is rooted in running. Language, art, science; space shuttles, Starry Night, intravascular surgery; they all had their roots in our ability to run. Running was the superpower that made us human.

that's okay; humans are terrific

Korima sounds like karma and functions the same way, except in the here and now. It's your obligation to share whatever you can spare, instantly and with no expectations: once the gift leaves your hand, it was never yours to begin with.

Correr fue el superpoder que nos hizo humanos, lo que significa que es un superpoder que todos los seres humanos poseen. —Entonces,

If you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them.

People, generally, suck.

If you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human hunger or refutes some human error.

Calling us men doesn't make us men. No creature on earth has a right to think himself a human being if he doesn't know at least one good book.

One of the penalties of being a human being is other human beings

Quando si strappano tutte le fibre della civiltà è un lavoro lento quello di ricucirle insieme. Vede quei bambini per la strada che vanno a scuola? La pace è nelle loro mani. Se a scuola viene loro insegnato che la guerra è il più odioso flagello cui possa anda soggetta l'umanità, che imbratta e deforma ogni amabile occupazione dello spirito mortale, allora si potrà avere qualche speranza per il futuro.

Meiner Meinung nach ist jeder ein Verräter an der Menschheit, der nicht seine ganze Kraft dem Versuch widmet, weitere Kriege zu verhindern.

mankind was born on earth but was never meant to die here

It was at moments such as these that Joseph recognized the face of God in human form. It glimmered in their kindness to him, it glowed in their keenness, it hinted in their caring, indeed it caressed in their gaze.

Restfully reassured by his new friends, Joseph now nominated God in a new light, 'Man is God hesitant and God is Man hesitantly trying to help.