Quotes About Humanity

Life in accordance with intellect is best and pleasantest, since this, more than anything else, constitutes humanity.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law & justice he is the worst.

which we call men [Greek: euyvomoves], or say they have

Sophocles said that he drew men as they ought to be; Euripides, as they are.

No debemos, a pesar de no ser más que hombres, limitarnos, como quieren algunos, a los conocimientos y sentimientos puramente humanos: ni reducirnos, mortales como somos, a una condición mortal; es preciso, por lo contrario, que en cuanto de nosotros dependa nos desatemos de los lazos de la condición mortal, y hagamos lo posible por vivir conforme a lo mejor que hay en nosotros.

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all; since armed injustice is the more dangerous, and he is equipped at birth with the arms of intelligence and with moral qualities which he may use for the worst ends.

Polygnotus depicted men as nobler than they are, Pauson as less noble, Dionysius drew them true to life.

A plot of this kind would, doubtless, satisfy the moral sense, but it would inspire neither pity nor fear; for pity is aroused by unmerited misfortune, fear by the misfortune of a man like ourselves.

Man, if perfected is the best of all animals but when isolated he is the worst of all

for we are noble in only one way, but bad in all sorts of ways.

But he who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

Thus women's secrets I've surveyed And let them see how curiously they're made, And that, tho' they of different sexes be, Yet in the whole they are the same as we. For those that have the strictest searchers been, Find women are but men turned outside in; And men, if they but cast their eyes about, May find they're women with their inside out.

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

Pretože básnici sú tej samej prirodzenosti ako my, najpresved?ivejÅ¡ie pôsobia tí, ktorých ovládajú nejaké váÅ¡ne; pobúrený buráca a rozhnevaný sa hnevá najpravdivejÅ¡ie.

For [people] are good18 in one way, but in all kinds of ways bad

Jesus Christ, you people are complicated.

And this was what bothered him about owning a VCR. If that cowboy was yours for the taking—yours at the flip of a switch—what was to stop you from abandoning human contact altogether? He

men and women, both straight and gay, who don't consider sexuality in measuring the worth of another human being. These aren't radicals or weirdos, Mama. They are shop clerks and bankers and little old ladies and people who nod and smile to you when you meet them on the bus. Their attitude is neither patronizing nor pitying. And their message is so simple: Yes, you are a person. Yes, I like you. Yes, it's all right for you to like me too.

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like all-embracing compassion.

it's not what you get out of life that counts. Break your mirrors! In our society that is so self-absorbed, begin to look less at yourself and more at each other. you'll get more satisfaction from having improved your neighborhood, your town, your state, your country, and your fellow human beings than you'll ever get from your muscles, your figure, your automobile, your house, or your credit rating

Gerstenfeld somt eerst enkele redenen op waarom het leven in het algemeen niet de moeite waard is geleefd te worden, mensen zijn wolven op twee benen, en gaat dan in op zijn eigen situatie, die niet bijzonder dramatisch is maar die hij kennelijk toch voor uitzichtloos houdt: lusteloosheid en weerzin spelen hem parten.

Moon-Watcher felt the first faint twinges of a new and potent emotion. It was a vague and diffuse sense of envy--of dissatisfaction with his life. He had no idea of its cause, still less of its cure; but discontent had come into his soul, and he had taken one small step toward humanity.

Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference; we should each be treated with appropriate respect.

In this single galaxy of ours there are eighty-seven thousand million suns. [...] In challenging it, you would be like ants attempting to label and classify all the grains of sand in all the deserts of the world. [...] It is a bitter thought, but you must face it. The planets you may one day possess. But the stars are not for man.