Quotes About Humanity

The last six years afforded me much time and food for thought. I came to the conclusion that the human race is not divided into two opposing camps of good and evil. It is made up of those who are capable of learning and those who are incapable of doing so.

Despotic governments do not recognize the precious human component of the state, seeing its citizens only as a faceless, mindless -- and helpless -- mass to be manipulated at will. It is as though people were incidental to a nation rather than its very life-blood.

It is man's vision of a world fit for rational, civilized humanity which leads him to dare and to suffer to build societies free from want and fear. Concepts such as truth, justice and compassion cannot be dismissed as trite when these are often the only bulwarks which stand against ruthless power.

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

Early civilizations complained about still earlier ones, much as we do about both

The greatest paradox of them all is to speak of "civilized warfare."

Quote words that affirm all men and women are your brothers and sisters.

To be well mated, zipped to another soul, is only one of many permutations of being human, both an abatement of suffering and a small, abiding embarrassment at finding respite this time around. It makes this life especially precious, and the certainty of its ending terribly sad.

He who makes a beast of himself, takes the pain out of being a man

The future belongs to those who choose hope – and those who leverage technology to positively impact what's next for humanity.

Countries, sovereignty, citizenship, and laws are all social constructions: abstractions invented by humans.

The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.

You cannot be a good doctor without pity.

Ateis laikas, kai žmogus nebejaus malonumo žudydamas. Bet kol dar taip n?ra, žmogus negali vadintis civilizuotu, jis papras?iausias barbaras, tr?kstamoji grandis tarp laukini? jo prot?vi?, kurie žudydavo kits kit? akmeniniais kirvukais d?l žalios m?sos gabalo, ir ateities žmogaus.

Žinau, kad gyvenimas puikus, bet taip pat žinau, kad mes dažnai j? subjaurojame ir paver?iame kvailu farsu arba šiurpia tragedija, arba abiem iš karto; ir galiausiai žmogus nebežino, k? daryti - ar verkti, ar juoktis. Verkti lengviau, bet juoktis kur kas geriau - tik ne garsiai!

The rule of clerics is totalitarian. It means people can't choose. Humanity is varied, and we should celebrate that instead of suppressing it.

When I look at people talking about intersectionality, what I see is the human being magnifying a biological attribute, and then putting them aside, putting them in a corner as victims of oppression....I most certainly don't see myself as a victim.

She spoke of those needing the white destroyers' shiny things to bring a feeling of worth into their lives, uttered their deep-rooted inferiority of soul, and called them lacking in the essence of humanity: womanhood in women, manhood in men. For which deficiency they must crave things to eke out their beings, things to fill holes in their spirits.

Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.

Reason --open-minded and self-critical-- remains the key to our species' tremendous success.

None of us can avoid being contaminated by the world's evils; it's all a matter of what attitude you take towards them.

It is only through literature that one can put oneself in someone else's shoes and understand the other's different and contradictory sides and refrain from becoming too ruthless. Outside the sphere of literature only one aspect of individuals is revealed. But if you understand their different dimensions you cannot easily murder them. . .

It is the goal of law to protect the vulnerable against the predator and the exploiter, but the law cannot eradicate evil from the human heart.

Human nature is so important than your life