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Quotes About Humanity

Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an ordination of character which determines the relatedness of the person to the whole world as a whole, not toward one object of love
~ Erich Fromm
My life is an indivisible whole, and all my activities run into one another and they have their rise in my insatiable love of mankind
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Ive learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.
~ Maya Angelou
What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
~ Leonard Cohen
We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.
~ William Glasser
At different states in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at the heart, the source is always the same. Human beings have the rare capacity to connect with each other, against all odds.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
Help the stranger for it might be God, Jesus, or the Devil. If the devil is mad at you where else do you have to go?
~ Mike Brown
Looking at the world today, we might easily forget that the main purpose of our life you could call it the heart of being human is to be happy. All of us share the same wish, and the same right, to seek happiness and avoid suffering. Even following a spiritual path, or the religious life, is a quest for happiness.
~ Ritu Ghatourey
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Be a tree, give fruits, flowers, shade to others without expecting anything from others. Whatever you want from others first you have to give that to others. Whatever you give to others, you will be given in return. If you give love, respect to others then surely you will be given love and respect from others. Thats why we should learn to give good things to others.
~ Unknown
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
~ Unknown
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.
~ Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim...
~ Unknown
True soldiers of hope do not do what they do for glory, fame and to be superior over others, they do what they do because of the love in their heart and soul and for the greater good of mankind, together we salute our true soldiers of hope and may god protect them as they go on their journey.
~ Unknown
Sometimes the villain becomes a victim
~ Unknown
The poor you will always have with you,' Jesus said. A warning, Emilio wondered, or an indictment?
~ Mary Doria Russell
It's an act of our will to choose to see people simply as wildly loved by God, to assume their beauty before guessing their depravity.
~ Mary E. DeMuth
Taking another life, she had whispered, even a guilty one, should never be easy. If it were, we'd be little more than animals.
~ Mary E. Pearson
He was a man, not a monster, as you imagine. He died the way all men die, one breath at a time.
~ Mary E. Pearson
It wears on a person, you know, always having to be perfect. You know that one day something will happen,some problem that won't fit into a neat little project. Something that can't be fixed. Then where does that leave you?" She doesn't hesitate. "You become mortal like the rest of us," she says.
~ Mary E. Pearson
I just think perfection and lasting through the ages is for Greek statues, not us mere humans.
~ Mary E. Pearson
Taking a life, even a guilty one, should never be easy. If it were, we'd be little more than animals.
~ Mary E. Pearson
He died the way all men die, one breath at a time.
~ Mary E. Pearson
Tomar a vida de outra pessoas, ela havia sussurrado, até mesmo sendo alguém culpado, nunca deve ser fácil. Se fosse, seríamos um mais do que animais
~ Mary E. Pearson
Everybody has their sadness. And most people are scared of it.
~ Mary Gaitskill