Quotes About Humanity

All men are greater than dead men.

Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying." —

That's the horrible fact of sinners. We're indistinguishable from the righteous.

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He (Michael) was gone in a whisper of air, hardly making any sound at all, and Claire shivered and leaned against Shane's solid, very human warmth. His arms went around her, and he touched his lips lightly to the back of her neck. "How can you smell this good after the kind of crappy day we've had?" "I sweat perfume. Like all girls.

The world doesn't end, Claire. In the morning, the survivors start to build again. It's way of things. The human way.

It is a terrible arrogance to think that there are any of humankind who are better or worse, or worthy or not. It comes of a pitiful need to believe in one's own worth when one is hollow within. We are all worthy. And none of us are, all at once. Once that is acknowledged, that hollow, howling space may be filled with understanding.

God is forgiving or we would not still be walking this world. But to be moral is not to need his divine forgiveness, I think.

It isn't fair, or right, but it's dreadfully human, the way we tear each other apart.

Things happen. Things that physics and math and crap that gets measured in a lab can't explain. People aren't just laws and rules, Claire. They're... sparks. Sparks of something beautiful and huge. And some sparks glow brighter

We allow brushes of hands without flinching, smiles without premeditation. It feels real. It feels solid. I finally begin to feel fully human.

It is a terrible arrogance to think that there are any of humankind who are better or worse, or worthy or not.

Stripping away the humanity because that is the only way I can save myself and still watch this unrelenting horror.

People are people. Hateful and peaceful. Content and miserable. Honest and deceitful. With all of that inside fighting for control every minute of the day, it's a wonder everybody's not banging their heads against the wall.

It might be called denial by some, but in that moment I thought it was the very strength that made humanity so successful… the ability to transcend reality, to create reality around them, even for a moment

It is a terrible arrogance to think that there are any of humankind who are better or worse, or worthy or not. It comes of a pitiful need to believe in one's own worth when one is hollow within. We are all worthy. And none of us are, all at once. Once that is acknowledged, that hollow, howling space may be filled with understanding. But so many cling to their emptiness, and I fear that they may yet prevail.

We don't care about everyone… It isn't in our natures. We can only care about those we know, or those we are connected with.

By acquiescing in an act that causes such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished?

I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively instead of skeptically and dictatorially. E. B. WHITE

No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.

As Albert Schweitzer has said, "Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

Beauty's not only skin deep. Just because a person is beautiful doesn't mean there's no soul beneath. Doesn't mean that person hasn't suffered like everyone else, doesn't mean they don't hope to still be a good human being in an awful world. (Gabriel)

It still might be a shock. To realize you are just one story walking among millions.

The humans create life, and senselessly cause death. For nothing.