Quotes About Humanity

Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.

Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.

Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

One day humanity will play with law just as children play with disused objects, not in order to restore them to their canonical use but to free them from it for good.

Humanity has understood nothing. Religious, tribal, national wars continue. The world continues to be in a sea of blood.

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

We can't deter people fleeing for their lives. They will come. The choice we have is how well we manage their arrival, and how humanely.

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.

The idea of being part of this tapestry of humanity is a far more enlightening idea for me than believing you are going to this different place when you die. The magic of reality is far more potent.

If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery.

Human life and humanity come into being in genuine encounters. The hope for this hour depends upon the renewal of the immediacy of dialogue among human beings.

But simply punishing the broken--walking away from them or hiding them from sight--only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too. There is no wholeness outside of our reciprocal humanity.

In a place where there are no humans, one must strive to be human.

I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity...

Humanity has gained its suit; Liberty will nevermore be without an asylum.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.

I have not been sent to curse people, but as a mercy to all mankind.

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

I don't want to be a genius-I have enough problems just trying to be a man.

Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.

How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.