Quotes About Humanity

Lincoln was "the first great man that I talked with in the United States freely who in no single instance reminded me of the difference between himself and myself, or the difference of color."92 Nor did Lincoln mean

On the side of the Union," Lincoln said, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men—to lift artificial weights from all shoulders—to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all—to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.70

The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction the weight,the weight we carry is love.

We are great writers on the same dreadful typewriter

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

First, where the law is the major source for bioethics, morality is too easily confused with legality and moral questions too quickly reduced to legal questions. Moreover, the law is better at telling us what not to do than at providing ends and goals worthy of our humanity.

Por eso necesitaba llorar, por la fila, por los muros, por el locutorio, por los hombres que se amontonaban contra una reja y por las mujeres que se apretaban contra la reja de enfrente, por el amor de todos los condenados dentro y fuera de Porlier. No lo hice. Mantuve las lágrimas a raya en el borde de mis párpados como si presintiera que me harían falta después

Lo que diferencia al hombre del animal es que el hombre es un heredero y no un mero descendiente. José Ortega y Gasset

I am driven by a profound belief in taking meaningful actions that advance the wellbeing of humanity and his environment. I believe that each individual has a role to play regardless of the level, capacity, or sector involved, for we all share a collective responsibility. My lifelong career objective is to embody the principles of living, loving, learning, and leaving a lasting legacy that positively impacts the world.

I am driven by a profound belief in taking meaningful actions that advance the wellbeing of humanity and his environment; and I believe that each individual has a role to play regardless of the level, capacity, or sector involved, for we all share this collective responsibility.

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

I am the fellow citizen of every being that thinks; my country is Truth.

There is only one collective human civilisation comprised of geo-cultural domains and cultures.

Ahora que vuelvo a pensar en ello, me doy cuenta de que el sentido que se embota primero, a medida que la vida se nos va viniendo encima, es el de la piedad. La tan llevada y traída solidaridad humana que jamás ha significado para mí nada concreto. Se la menciona en circunstancias de pasajero pánico. Entonces pensamos más bien en el apoyo de los demás y no en el que nosotros podríamos ofrecerles.

Cada día somos otro, pero siempre olvidamos que igual sucede con nuestros semejantes

Life is a civil right. Abortion is a civil wrong.

Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit.

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.

But while everything around us seems to be in a constant state of flux- people at their very core remained exactly the same. All of us still seeking the things we've sought all along—shelter, food, love, greater meaning—" He shakes his head. "A quest that's immune to evolution.

We can agree that all humans are born in complete wonder, and that they don't have to prove or perform in order to earn acceptance or love. We can reject the notion of "good, better and best" people. If we don't, we're creating conditions that will see the rise of another Hitler. Who dares decide who is "better" than others?

L'amour n'est pas la spécialité des humains.

la lecture permet de découvrir l'autre en conservant cette profondeur que l'on a uniquement quand on est seul

But humankind doesn't give a damn ! The proof of it is that in twenty-four years this novel has been collecting dust in libraries and no one, you hear me, no one has ever even talked to me about it. And that's perfectly normal because, as I told you, no one has read it.