Quotes About Humanity

Good afternoon, Suzy Q. Are you ladies all right?" "Nobody's all right, Officer. Nobody's all wrong, nobody's all right. We all of us stuck in the middle." He

violence toward another human being must become as abhorrent as eating another's flesh.' — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Someone has said that enemies are just people whose stories we don't know. I see a lot of truth in that. The more other people's stories are hidden from us, the easier it is for us to view them as enemies. But, when we begin to learn their stories, we recognize all we share in common with them and we delight in how the unique beauty of their traditions enriches our own lives.

I was not programmed to believe that human beings – human beings in my family that I loved – could be out there killing other human beings that I loved and . . . and eating them.

God is an idea, the devil is us.

It's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.

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Christ did not come to earth simply to be our moral teacher. If that were His only mission, He could have come as He did in former times, as the Angel of the Lord, without our flesh and blood to encumber Him. Instead, He had to become like us so that He could raise us up to be like Him.

Look in the mirror and decide once and for all: Am I biological or mechanical? Is my deepest essence a machine or not?

Ha tévedni emberi dolog, miért neveznénk az embert szerencsétlennek, amiért téved, ha egyszer így született, ilyennek teremtették, s ez általában a sorsa.

It is greatly understated to compare humans to an absorbent sponge, a glowing fuse; they are each an innumerable harmony, a living self that has an effect on all of the forces that surround them.

I am not here to think, but to be, feel, live!...Heart! Warmth! Blood! Humanity! Life!

we are all equally poor and helpless in the eyes of God, and all have equal need that He should not forget us.

I have consummated the work to which I pledged myself, using all the abilities that You (God) gave me; I have shown the glory of Your works to men, but if I have pursued my own glory among men while engaged in a work intended for Your glory, be merciful, be compassionate, and forgive.

The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle.

Nineteen twentieths of [mankind is] opaque and unenlightened. Intimacy with most people will make you acquainted with vices and errors and follies enough to make you despise them.

We hear very often declarations on the demoralizing tendency of war, but as much as I hate war, I cannot be of the opinion that frequent wars are so corrupting to human nature as long peaces.

As we learn to embrace our authentic longings and feelings— and cultivate self-empathy and the corresponding compassion toward others—our society will gradually evolve in a direction that is more tolerant, humane, and enlightened.

True friends always place a higher value on the life, success and dignity of humanity.

I'll tell you something about that war, Billy. With great respect to all the men who died. I don't think it was worth the fighting. Too many good men perished. For what? Is the world a better place for their sacrifice? You know what's going on in Spain and Germany. Has anyone really learned the lessons? It was supposed to be the war to end wars. Do you see any sign of that?

Man is only lovable in the multitude, and at a good distance.

Do not look so worried, Anna said, I hated you too a little, we were human beings, after all.

But why at least? What a business it is, the human discourse. I

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