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Quotes About Humanity

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
~ W. H. Auden
A person's a person, no matter how small.
~ Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who!
Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
~ Marilyn Monroe
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
~ Bertolt Brecht
Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.
~ Charles Lamb
The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.
~ Axel Munthe
I hate the word 'production'...it's a ceremony, it's a ritual...you should go out of the theatre stronger and more human than when you went in.
~ Ariane Mnouchkine
This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.
~ Ellen Page
To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.
~ Stephen R. Covey
You don't need to be a completely complete human right now … That's what makes you human.
~ Tavi Gevinson
The concept of recovery is rooted in the simple yet profound realization that people who have been diagnosed with mental illness are human beings.
~ Patricia Deegan
At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.
~ Terry Waite
We share in the certainty that people labeled with mental illness are first and above all, human beings. Our lives are precious and are of infinite value.
~ Patricia Deegan
An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is nearly impossible to hate anyone whose story you know.
~ Andrew Solomon
Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.
~ Maya Angelou
But life isn't about learning to forgive those who have hurt you or forgetting your past. It's about learning to forgive yourself for being human and making mistakes.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon, Time Untime
Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
~ Leo Tolstoy
Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.
~ Ursula K. Le Guin
Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.
~ William Zinsser
The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.
~ Mary Catherine Bateson
We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.