Quotes About Humanity

We'd thought that we were among the first humans to invade this basin, but humans had invaded everything, everywhere. They didn't have to walk into a place to invade it.

I look away at car crashes, and I know people who look away at car crashes, because it makes us uncomfortable to watch other people in pain.

He [Clemenceau] had one illusion - France; and one disillusion - mankind.

The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems -- the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behavior and religion.

have treated you. The ultimate victim of torture is the torturer, the one who inflicts pain and suffering at the cost of their humanity.

The ultimate victim of torture is the torturer, the one who inflicts pain and suffering at the cost of their humanity.

The cruelty of our enemies doesn't absolve us of this duty. This was never about them. It was about us.

It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into.

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated.

When will we learn that it's not about being color-blind? It's about respect and humanity, pure and simple.' The Good Detective

Call it the bipolar's dilemma: Take a chance and we risk losing control of our brains. Play it safe and we isolate ourselves from humanity.

What does literature do better than anything else? It provides a detailed representation of the inner experience of being alive in a given time and place.

It's so rare in the world to meet somebody you connect to. Most people are so awful. In the big picture, bad breath just seems relatively manageable.

The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature.

There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world.

You can give birth to a beautiful, perfect human being, but requited love isn't guaranteed for her—or for any of us.

The line that finally makes Jessie burst into sobs is Despite everything, I believe all people are good at heart.

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

The thing I love best about reading fiction is that it gives you a way to connect the experiences of your own life to the larger world," Gigi says. "Don't you find that to be true?

The thing I love best about reading fiction is that it gives you a way to connect the experiences of your own life to the larger world

she might understand that everyone has her baggage and her sad stories. What differentiates people is how they choose to deal with

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

How did she do it? "She comes clumping along with that sad, suffering face drawn with pain from her varicose veins and God knows what-all," one old-timer said. "You rush to help her to your seat. She thanks you kindly. The next thing you know you're dead.

Lighthouses are not just stone, brick, metal, and glass. There's a human story at every lighthouse; that's the story I want to tell.