Quotes About Humanity

Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower he fleeth as it were a shadow and never continueth in one stay.

We can't stop a baby in Africa from starving to death... but we can afford enough technology and weaponry to blow the world up a million times over.

The proper study of mankind is the science of design.

That's what all we are: amateurs. We don't live long enough to be anything else.

Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.

Design is the fundamental creative activity with which we direct our lives, and collectively, the earth's transformation from its original, natural state into our human-made world.

Why would you design something if it didn't improve the human condition?

You should know as much as you can about the human species if you have a hand in designing human society.

A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

Properly understood, then, the desire to act justly derives in part from the desire to express most fully what we are or can be, namely free and equal rational beings with the liberty to choose.

All people on the planet are children, except for a very few. No one is grown up except those free of desire.

When you see your own desire to be happy, you can't avoid seeing the same desire in others.

I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.

Sensuality reconciles us with the human race. The misanthropy of the old is due in large part to the fading of the magic glow of desire.

The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

Humans are lonely creators. Humans always desire and yearn for others. Humans thirst for ambitions. When things don't go their way, they start thirsting for it even more.

Freaks are called freaks and are treated as they are treated – in the main, abominably – because they are human beings who cause to echo, deep within us, our most profound terrors and desires.

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

Geometry alone is not enough to portray human desires, expressions, aspirations, joys. We need more.

Like our bodies and like our desires, the machines we have devised are possessed of a heart which is slowly reduced to embers.

We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue to be the most universally cherished aspiration of humankind.

Reciting part of a sutra with the desire to benefit others is like reciting a recipe in the hope it will prevent people from starving.

I believe in the goodness of fellow human beings. We have a true desire for greatness and genuine good intention to be helpful to others. That's enough. Change is possible.

It is not human to be without shame and without desire.