Quotes About Humanity

William Perkins said, "The end of a man's calling is not to gather riches for himself…but to serve God in the serving of man, and in the seeking the good of all men.

Anybody who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

Yet there is no reason for despair as long as human nature has not been conquered completely, i.e., as long as sun and man still generate man. There will always be men (andres) who will revolt against a state which is destructive of humanity or in which there is no longer a possibility of noble action and of great deeds.

Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder.

In quest'epoca in cui tutto è ritenuto lecito purché sia fatto in piena libertà, e in cui il corpo è considerato un semplice strumento della volontà razionale e autonoma, la repulsione potrebbe essere l'unica voce rimasta in difesa del nucleo centrale della nostra umanità. Le anime che hanno dimenticato come si fa a rabbrividire sono superficiali.

Nessun amante dell'umanità può rallegrarsi di un futuro postumano.

Le persone che riescono a tenere tra le mani una vita nascente con freddezza e senza timore reverenziale hanno ucciso qualcosa nella propria anima.

I sostenitori dell'eutanasia non sanno cosa sia la dignità umana e, nella migliore delle ipotesi, la confondono con la compassione.

Poiché non conosciamo davvero la loro vita interiore - cosa provano e percepiscono - corriamo il rischio di privarle della loro dignità trattandole come se non ne avessero. Il solo fatto che noi non vorremmo mai essere al loro posto non significa che in loro non sia rimasto niente che meriti rispetto.

Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one's own and that of other people.

In God's scheme what is a few billion years here and there. Perhaps there have come and gone a dozen human civilizations in the past billion years that we know nothing about. And after this civilization we are living in destroys itself, it will all start up again in a million years when the planet has all its messes cleaned up. Then, finally, one of these civilizations, say five billion years from now, will last because people treat each other the way they ought to.

Polish prisoner Dr. Wladislaw Dering performed castrations and ovariectomies ordered by his German masters as part of their insane program to find a way to sterilize the entire Jewish race.

Until a man is struck in his own face he does not want to believe the attack on his brother concerns him.

Wladislaw Dering

Desde el momento en que pisaban el suelo de Israel, aquellos que habían vivido despreciados, pisoteados, disfrutaban de una libertad y una consideración humana que la mayoría jamás habían conocido, y verse iguales a sus semejantes les infundía un valor y una decisión que no tenían equivalente en toda la historia de la humanidad.

El odio a los judíos es como una enfermedad incurable. Bajo determinadas condiciones democráticas, acaso no florezca bien. Bajo otras condiciones, es posible incluso que parezca que muere; pero jamás desaparece del todo, ni aun en el clima ideal.

Tampoco era raro que hallasen algún niño de pecho oculto entre la ropa, y entonces lo guardaban para la «ducha siguiente».

But once you allow yourself to think that there are some people, because of their race, their color, or religion, who are really not human beings you have established a justification for imposing every sort of humiliation on them.

Aquel pueblo avanzaba con una decisión que arrastraba consigo todas las simpatías del mundo civilizado. La joven Israel se alzaba como un faro para la humanidad, demostrando cuánto se podía conseguir con fuerza de voluntad y amor.

Era corriente que los cráneos bien formados fueran recuperados y vendidos a los guardias alemanes, que los utilizaban como pisapapeles.

We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.

Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of others.    ââ'¬â€ALBERT EINSTEIN I

Today we call our subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens, or "Wise, Wise Man.

In particular, what seems special about humans is our desire and ability to understand what other people think and feel. Called "theory of mind," or "ToM," this ability gives humans a remarkable power to make sense of other people's past behavior and to predict how their behavior will unfold given their present or future circumstances.