Quotes About Humanity

For me, I think the greatest achievements of science is to allow humanity to realize that our world is comprehensible. Through science, rational thinking, we can understand how the universe works.

I suspect that if aliens did come to Earth, it would be as researchers: biologists, anthropologists, linguists, keen to understand the peculiar workings of life on Earth, to meet humanity and learn of our art, music, culture, languages, philosophies and religions.

The fact that you're poised to commit genocide undermines your judgement on ethical matters.

can't help but think once again what a foolish, loutish creature is man. Is there another on earth that kills for the pure joy of it?

It is a sad and beautiful world.

Mutants, super beings, gods, aliens, a guy who sticks to walls at one extreme, a creature who eats planets at the other; Each one that comes into being, they feel, diminishes the rest of humanity, ordinary homo sapiens, that little bit more.

Nothing human is merely human," writes the theologian Ronald Modras. "No common labor is merely common. Classrooms, hospitals, and artists' studios are sacred spaces. No secular pursuit of science is merely secular." Everything that deepens our humanity deepens our knowledge of God.

I believe in the principle declared at Nuremberg in 1945: Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience.

Gender is irrelevant. We should all be treated simply as human beings.

A human can be a real prick but maintain the capacity for good and a good hearted soul is capable of great evil. Never judge a person as absolutely one way or another because you sell the human race short when you do.

Desperately in need of some stranger's handIn a desperate land

But there's a world of difference between knowing a type and knowing a person. When you've traveled all over the planet, as I have, and communicate with people from other cultures, you come to understand that, ultimately, very few human beings conform to the stereotypes imposed upon them. And, for the most part, we all want the same things out of life.

The salt of the earth dissolves and the shit remains

I told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her, but I said it, anyway.

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

Remember this: Even though it is natural for us as humans to respond in kind to how we are being treated—it is Christlike to respond with a spirit of grace and to treat people better than how they deserve. It is the secret to redeeming people and situations that are difficult and even destructive. Nowhere is this ethic more important than in our marriages.

Many successful people in the world are hard-hearted and self-centered. We see that behavior far too often. When you know Jesus, He guarantees eternal life for you. But if you really know and obey Him, you will serve a higher purpose than yourself and will treat others with love and compassion.

Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good.

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.

Be Ashame To Die Unless You've Won Some Victory For Humanity

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.—Mark Twain

Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.