Quotes About Humanity

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound.

Does not man lack the force at the very point where he needs it most? And when he soars upward in joy, or sinks down in suffering, is not checked in both, is he not returned again to the dull, cold sphere of awareness, just when he was longing to lose himself in the fullness of the infinite.

Mußte denn das so sein, daß das, was des Menschen Glückseligkeit macht, wieder die Quelle seines Elendes würde?

I myself must also say I believe it is true that in the end humanitarianism will triumph; only I fear that at the same time the world will be one big hospital and each person will be the other person's humane keeper.

He calls it reason, using it To be more beast than ever beast was yet.

Die Welt ist voller Torheit, Dumpfheit, Inkonsequenz und Ungerechtigkeit. Es gehört viel Mut dazu, diesen nicht das Feld zu räumen.

There occurs the beautiful feeling that only humanity together is the true human being, and that the individual can be cheerful and happy only if he has the courage to feel himself in the Whole.

If you ask what the people here are like, I must tell you, "Like people everywhere!" Uniformity marks the human race.

Men's wretchedness in soothe I so deplore, Not even I would plague the sorry creatures more.

Es ist ein einförmig Ding um das Menschengeschlecht. Die meisten verarbeiten ihre Zeit, um zu leben, und das bißchen, das ihnen von Freiheit übrig bleibt, ängstigt sie so, dass sie alle Mittel aufsuchen, um es los zu sein

God of heaven! and is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason, or after he has lost it?

Poor souls! their miseries seem so much to please 'em, I scarce can find it in my heart to tease 'em.

Literature decays only as men become more and more corrupt.

Bu durumda olan yaln?zca ben de?ilim. Bütün insanlar umutlar?nda kand?r?l?yor, beklentilerinde aldat?l?yorlar.

The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

I just live and let live and live my life pretty much according to the Golden Rule. And it turns out well for me.

My goal in life is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared

To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting.

The best and purest human beings, from the beginning of time, have understood that life is sacred.

Without communication with the dead, a fully human life is not possible.

The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.

Art should be concerned more with life than with art.

Life is no way to treat an animal.