Quotes About Humanity

It's not too late. Promptly stop needless worrying. Instead of using all your energy for yourself, you need to turn your eyes more toward the love of mankind. Then you will no longer trouble yourself about foolish matters.

Humanity knows nothing at all. There is no intrinsic value in anything, and every action is a futile, meaningless effort.

If we do have a food crisis it will not be caused by the insufficiency of nature's productive power, but by the extravagance of human desire.

Tujuan akhir bertani bukanlah penanaman tanaman tetapi pengembangan dan penyempurnaan keadaan manusia

Before researchers become researchers they should become philosophers. They should consider what the human goal is, what it is that humanity should create. Doctors should first determine at the fundamental level what it is that human beings depend on for life.

The more people do, the more society develops, the more problems arise. The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something. Originally there was no reason to progress, and nothing that had to be done. We have come to the point at which there is no other way than to bring about a "movement" not to bring anything about.

Nature is one body. We can say that while human beings and insects are part of nature, they also represent nature as a whole. And if that is so, when we harm plants, microorganisms, and insects through large-scale conventional agriculture, we are harming humanity as well.

True culture is born within nature, and is simple, humble, and pure. Lacking true culture, humanity will perish.

Originally human beings had no purpose. Now, dreaming up some purpose or other, they struggle away trying to find the meaning of life. It is a one-man wrestling match. There is no purpose one has to think about, or go out in search of. You would do well to ask the children whether or not a life without purpose is meaningless.

Humanity must stop indulging the desire for material possessions and personal gain and move instead toward spiritual awareness.

Nature is one body. We can say that while human beings and insects are part of nature, they also represent nature as a whole. And if that is so, when we harm plants, microorganisms, and insects through large-scale conventional agriculture (to just use one example), we are harming humanity as well.

One question I have about this theory (*Darwin) is: What basis was used to determine which species are higher or lower, and which are strong or weak? To decide that the phenomenon of the survival of the fittest is the providence of nature and that people are the highest, most evolved species seems to reflect more the strongman logic of human beings than the true state of nature. No one can say which species is the strongest because all living things depend on one another to survive (...)

Science without religion is dangerous because it necessarily entails a mechanization of humanity and consequent loss of individual autonomy and spirituality. On the other hand, religion without science is powerless because it lacks an effective means through which to actualize the ultimate reality. Science and religion must work together harmoniously.

To say that Buddhist principles such as dependent origination, emptiness, and suchness are impersonal does not mean that Buddhism is indifferent to human affairs. On the contrary, Buddhism as a religion is essentially concerned with the salvation of humankind.

While there is no one who hasn't an evil bone in their body, there is also no one who is totally evil to the core. the fact that someone harbors opposing emotions simply makes them human.

los seres humanos vibran a 570 billones de veces por segundo, número que excede a la imaginación y revela un increíble y maravilloso potencial oculto.

Being hurt inevitably breeds feelings of hatred towards your attacker. But when we hurt others, we have to deal with their hatred for us, and our own feelings of guilt. Knowing what it feels like to be hurt is exactly why we try to be kind to others. That's what makes us humans.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves

Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.

The thought is that Hitler is an unfortunate node in the way the world is unfolding. He did not choose to be the evil person he is. He deserves compassion, not anger. And he must die for reasons of compassion: compassion for him and all those who might suffer his awfulness.

Mientras que la ética moderna se ocupa principalmente de si las acciones son correctas o no, los filósofos premodernos concebían la ética como una investigación mucho más amplia sobre cómo vivir una vida feliz, cuya consecución consideraban la empresa más importante del ser humano.

Y tendremos que considerarnos afortunados si tenemos cerca a amigos o seres queridos: querrá decir que hemos sido personas lo bastante decentes como para mantener tales relaciones con el resto de la humanidad. Los que nos rodean no pueden curar nuestra enfermedad o salvarnos de la muerte, pero pueden acompañarnos durante una parte del camino, reconfortándonos antes de que lleguemos allí.

una vida humana digna se tiene que centrar en el cultivo del carácter personal y en la preocupación por las demás personas (e incluso por la propia naturaleza), y que se disfruta más si se adopta un camino adecuado —pero no fanático— para distanciarse de los bienes puramente mundanos.

Detengámonos durante un momento e intentemos imaginar hasta que punto seria mejor el mundo si todos evitáramos realizar juicios de valor precipitados y contemplásemos los asuntos humanos centrándonos en los hechos, con un poco más de compasión hacia nuestros congéneres humanos.