Quotes About Humanity

I realised Larkin was crying. It shook me to see it. And, though I know what you're thinking, it didn't diminish him in any way. I'd known from the first moment I saw him he was an emotionally vulnerable man. He didn't falter in his duty for a moment. He kept up the pace, covered all the angles he was asked to. He didn't even seem to be aware that he was crying. But he wept.

Mankind has proven to be pathologically incapable of learning from its own mistakes. It blithely remembers the witness of history, but it does not apply the knowledge it gains.

In any event, how can the temporal sufferings of Jesus compare to the sufferings of the entire human race? Did Jesus ever experience the pain of childbirth? The billions of women going through labor are much more life giving, much more nurturing of value than a few hours of self-imposed bleeding on a cross. The

Real charity doesn't care if it's tax-deductible or not.

IF I HAVE ONE OPERATING PHILOSOPHY ABOUT LIFE, it is this: "Be cool to the pizza delivery dude; it's good luck." Four principles guide the pizza dude philosophy.

something as simple as my care. I believe that caring for something or someone in need is what makes us human.

My faith is in the belief that sacrifice for others is inherently good and making the choice to do good is the gift of being human.

For many thousands of years, human beings have wondered and asked questions about the distant past and the remote future of our world. The fact that we continue to ask such questions does not distinguish us from our ancient ancestors. What does make us different is that for the first time in history we, as a species, are capable of producing real and credible answers to these questions. We are among the first to be witness of the Big Bang.

Why did Iwanski risk so much to save Jews? He told the author, "When a Jew cries, I cry. When a Jew suffers, I am a Jew. All are of my nation, for I am a man.

Why did Iwanski risk so much to save Jews? He told the author, "When a Jew cries, I cry. When a Jew suffers, I am a Jew. All are of my nation, for I am a man."i

buried somewhere deep inside their souls. When God found them hiding in the garden, they were clutching clumps of leaves against their groins and blaming everyone but themselves for their failure. God's sovereign grace blossomed in that new-fallen garden for the same reason grace fills people's lives today. The untamed God gives undeserved mercy to unresponsive sinners. God shows grace, not due to any human deed or desire, but

Christianity is not a religion; it is the proclamation of the end of religion. Religion is a human activity dedicated to the job of reconciling God to humanity and humanity to itself. The gospel, however — the good news of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ — is the astonishing announcement that God has done the whole work of reconciliation without a scrap of human assistance."14 ROBERT FARRAR CAPON

I]nclusion, not assimilation, should be the key concept in seeking, ever seeking, a more perfect national union. Our own history has shown that we are stronger as a mosaic than a melting pot. Our nation is bound together more by ideals than by blood or land, and inclusion is in our cultural DNA. We should feel proud that we are not all the same, and that we can share our differences under the common umbrella of humanity.

I worry that our nation today suffers from a deficit of empathy, and this is especially true of many in positions of national leadership

How can people be so blinded by prejudice as to not see the common humanity?

We know that homosexuality is not limited to any race, religion, or socioeconomic class—it is part of human diversity.

Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, in his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, said, "I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.

Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.

If we were logical, the future would be bleak indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.

They deserve forgiveness. Everyone does.

We are Energy, trapped in a bag of blood and guts.

Meadow found it riveting: what machines of comforting delusions we humans are. Our language, our words, our ever treading minds and interior thoughts, all of these to make an architecture of lies that even we almost believe. No wonder the world is such a mean place, each of us judging one another without seeing our own terrible cruelties.

Morninghall was not such an evil man after all. A baffling one, yes. A potentially violent one, yes. An arrogant, intimidating, enigmatic, moody one, yes. But not evil. No man who took pity on a suffering child was evil.

Pocos han tratado la tensión entre nuestras diferentes identidades —local, nacional y global— con tanta profundidad como el filósofo Kwame Anthony Appiah. En esta época de «desafíos planetarios e interconexión entre países —escribió en respuesta a la afirmación de May—, nunca ha sido tan necesario como ahora el sentimiento de un destino humano común».48 Es difícil no estar de acuerdo.