Quotes About Humanity

Can you imagine, in 2030, taking a space cruise on the very ship that carried the first human beings to Mars? I can't believe that people wouldn't line up for that possibility.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

What separates humans from other animals is our empathy. With the possible exception of bonobos, we are the most empathetic animal on the planet.

Genes can't possibly explain all of what makes us what we are.

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty.

Jesus was a human being who, while on Earth, completely self-actualized and fulfilled in all ways the potential glory that lies within us all.

The way I look at humanity, I don't think there's good guys or bad guys. We're all potentially bad and potentially good.

When you are dealing with a highly contagious airborne disease, if your neighbor is sick, you're potentially imperiled. We're as close in our humanity as a cough.

And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing the desolation and the poverty, to show something beautiful for somebody as well.

As writers, we don't just need to write about poverty or war or the immigrant experience.

I often say that poverty needs no passport to travel.

I consider myself to be a citizen of the world.

Charity should always be a constant.

We're human beings trying to love each other. There are constant revelations and room for growth.

It's taken us 10 years, and it was constant excitement. I was constantly shocked by how evil he could be. Mao was very, very shrewd but he didn't have human feeling.

I want people to learn from me, see I'm human, and understand that I make mistakes just like they do, but it doesn't have to consume you. You've got to walk through the raindrops, and that's totally what I am trying to do.

I am a people's person. I consume people.

I try to show compassion to people I come into contact with and try to put good out, as much good as I can. But that's my life; that's not my work. With my work, my job is to walk in another man's shoes.

I always aim to understand how much humanity is contained in each human being and how I can protect this humanity in a person.

My love, my passion, my everything is this continent of Africa. I have always celebrated African humanity.

We all live with contradictions.

I never set out to convert anyone in the Klan. I just set out to get an answer to my question: 'How can you hate me when you don't even know me.'

It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.