Quotes About Humanity

The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.

The individual is losing significance; his destiny is no longer what interests us.

When we deny the EVIL within ourselves, we dehumanize ourselves, and we deprive ourselves not only of our own destiny but of any possibility of dealing with the EVIL of others.

I think that the human race does command its own destiny and that that destiny can eventually embrace the stars.

Indignation must always be the answer to indignity. Reality is not destiny.

It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, though it is a race dedicated to many absurdities and one which makes many terrible mistakes.

There are not two histories, one profane and one sacred, 'juxtaposed' or 'closely linked.' Rather there is only one human destiny.

Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.

I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

We must realize that our destiny is strongly linked to the destiny of the poorest on this planet.

Am I caught in a self-centred, narrow little cell which refuses to look beyond? Do I see it when you come along and tell me that my brain is the brain of all mankind?

This is mankind's destiny, the engine with fuels us as a race.

Stars wishing upon the potential of humans shine faithfully on.

What's better, I wonder - to be a toy for the humans, or to control your own destiny , even if the only way to do so is suicide?

[O]nly if every individual strives for truth can humanity attain a happier future; the atavisms in each of us that stand in the way of a friendlier destiny can only thus be rendered ineffective.

Wherever human beings are concerned, trend is not destiny.

The universe's destiny has very little to do with the near-term destiny of Earth.

It is my unshakable belief that India's destiny is to deliver the message of nonviolence to mankind.

Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?

When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.

Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one's own and that of other people.

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.

Life, without the dignity of an intelligent being, is not worth having.