Quotes About Humanity

Spiritual experiences and their results are not meant for the individual. They are for the evolution of the whole race.

It is because the doctrine of human unity based on the spiritual oneness of all beings, is not propagated in the right manner that we have today many divisions leading to many conflicts.

World economies are always so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something we can always carry with us.

Perhaps some have created their own difficulties but don't the rest of us do exactly the same things? Are we not all beggars?

Humanity is not a gift of nature, it is a spiritual achievement to be earned.

Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.

Humanity, divine limitation; Divinity, human perfection.

Inspiration is not garnered from the litanies of what may befall us; it resides in humanity's willingness to restore, redress, reform, rebuild, recover, reimagine, and reconsider.

What is man? ... What a strange union of matter and mind! A machine for converting material into spiritual force.

The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.

Through self-knowledge you begin to find out what is God, what is truth, what is that state which is timeless. In self-knowledge is the whole universe; it embraces all the struggles of humanity.

Terrible as is war, it yet displays the spiritual grandeur of man daring to defy his mightiest hereditary enemy--death.

Man has made remarkable strides in conquering outer space, but how futile have been his efforts in conquering inner space- the space in our hearts and minds of men.

What's more important that spiritual life? It seems to me it's the bedrock of everything essential about being human.

No piled-up wealth, no social station, no throne, reaches as high as that spiritual plane upon which every human being stands by virtue of his humanity.

They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know something of himself.

The climate crisis is not a political issue; it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.

The problems facing humanity today are spiritual problems, and they can only be solved by taking a long, hard look at what it is we all believe.

His [John Paul II] humanity, combined with his extraordinary spiritual authority, was unlike anything I've ever met.

There are various kinds of savagery: emotional, spiritual, economic, and cultural savagery.

I don't feel there is any spiritual or metaphysical justification for turning our backs on human suffering.

All that is observable in a man-that is to say his actions and such of his spiritual existence as can be deduced from his actions-falls into the domain of history.

No man is perfect but God is. What do you think?

It all begins with goodness in the heart.