Quotes About Humanity

The society in which each man lives is at once the basis for, and the nemesis of, that fulness of life which each man seeks.

People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.

The measure of a society is its compassion.

The greatest films are those which show how society shapes man. The greatest plays are those which show how man shapes society.

I have seen more men than usual, lately; and, well as I was acquainted with one, I am surprised to find what vulgar fellows they are.

I learned to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of nature, rather than a member of society.

Religion, Society, and Nature--these are the three struggles of man.

...if our humanity - our soul as a society - is overtaken by the materiel and cosmetic, there will be no hope of peace.

I know only one Church: it is the society of men.

Many of us do not believe in capital punishment, because thus society takes from a man what society cannot give.

... the fouling of the nest which has been typical of man's activity in the past on a local scale now seems to be extending to the whole world society.

We're a terribly lonesome society. For all I know, all societies are. You can make a few new friends, that's all. You can't change history. History is happening to us now.

Left to themselves people are noble, generous, uncorrupted, they'd create a completely new kind of society if only people weren't so blind, stupid and selfish.

My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.

The measure of a society can be how well its people treat its animals

You can judge a society by the way it treats it's animals

We have to keep in mind at all times that we are not fighting for integration, nor are we fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as free humans in this society.

True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society.

Since humans are by nature tribal, the overall goal is to expand the concept of the tribe to include ALL members of the species, in a global free society.

The world has narrowed to a neighbourhood before it has broadened to a brotherhood.

Neither the Christian attitude of love for all mankind nor humane hopes for an organized society must cause us to forget that the 'human stratum' may not be homogeneous.

Consciousness is the core of humanity. It can be a curse or it can be a cure. Only humanity can decide how to break the curse and be the cure.

Fear trumps empathy.

The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans.