Quotes About Humanity

Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.

there is a fundamental messiness to the nature of the good.

You are worthy because God gave you breath in your body. You have a right to walk this planet just like everyone else.

pendant qu'un détenu se coupe les veines et s'effondre dans son sang, ses compagnons de cellule terminent tranquillement le petit déjeuner. « Un homme perd son sang sous mes yeux et je lèche le fond de mon écuelle en ne pensant qu'au moment où l'on va me rapporter encore à manger. Reste-t-il encore en moi, en nous qui sommes ici, quelque chose d'humain ? »

En employant des moyens extrêmes, il est effectivement possible de détruire le contrat social jusqu'à la base, et d'obtenir de la part des hommes des réactions purement animales.

Sjecanje na nase tuge sprecava nas da vidimo patnju drugih. Koji evropski ili azijski narod na kraju I &II Sv Rata nije bio preokupiran previjanjem bezbrojnih rana.

il s'agit toujours d'un acte adressé à un être humain individuel tout proche, non à la patrie ou à l'humanité. Ce souci pour autrui porte en lui-même

Por un lado, piensa en los indios (aunque no utilice estos términos) como seres humanos completos

The past requires not only that we study it and know it, but also that we learn its lessons - for this simple reason: evil is not just a thing of the past.

The fear of barbarians is what risks making us barbarians.

Every human being needs a set of norms and rules, traditions and customs, transmitted from the older to the younger; without those norms, the individual would never achieve the fullness of his humanity, but would be reduced to the condition of the 'Wild Child", condemned to anomie, in other words to the absence of all law and all order- an absence that can create severe disturbances.

Civilization is a horizon which we can approach, while barbarity is a background from which we seek to move away; neither condition can be entirely identified with particular beings. It consists of acts and attitudes that are barbarian or civilized, not individuals or peoples.

Comment se réjouir de la victoire sur un ennemi hideux si pour le vaincre il a fallu devenir comme lui? ("La peur des barbares")

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

Wars begin in the minds of man, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

The fear of extinction will probably bring us together, not 'love' or feeling of brotherhood.

I still maintain that it is not love, compassion, humanism, or brotherly sentiments that will save mankind. No, not at all. It is the sheer terror of extinction that can save us, if anything can.

The very motivation, the drive behind our demand to understand the laws of nature is to use them for the purpose of continuing the human species at the expense of every other form of life on this planet.

We do not want to be seen as machines. Hence we tend to reject statements like the one by Karl Vogt, a 19th century German philosopher, who stated that "the brain produces thoughts as the liver produces bile, or the kidneys produce urine".

To survive, you must tell stories.

Humanity will one day be defined, not by the gifts we possess but the virtues we lack.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.

Humanity without religion is like a serial killer without a chainsaw