Quotes About Humanity

Los animales -que viven todos de sus propios esfuerzos- no conocen la miseria, pues ignoran la jerarquía y la explotación. Este fenómeno aparece sólo con el hombre, el único animal que ha esclavizado a sus semejantes; solamente el ser humano es capaz de tanto desprecio de sí mismo.

La conciencia ha convertido al animal en hombre y al hombre en demonio, pero todavía no ha transformado a nadie en Dios, y ello a pesar de que nos vanagloriamos de haber enviado uno a la cruz.

Fugind de defecte oamenilor, fugi È™i de virtuÈ›ile lor: iat? c? înÈ›elepciunea e p?gubitoare.

As long as there a single god standing, mankind's work isn't finished.

As long as there is a single god standing, mankind's work will not be finished.

Omul e f?r? îndoial? o apariÅ£ie extraordinar?, dar nu o reuÅŸit?.

De sute de ani, omenirea prive?te cerul printr-o gaur? de tun.

Kill yourself because you are what you are, yes, but not because all humanity would spit in your face!

As far back as I can remember, I've utterly destroyed within myself the pride of being human. And I saunter to the periphery of the Race like a timorous monster, lacking the energy to claim kinship with some other band of apes.

Only normal that man should no longer be interested in religion but in religions, for only through them will he be in a position to understand the many versions of his spiritual collapse.

In the fact of being born there is such an absence of necessity that when you think about it a little more than usual, you are left — ignorant how to react — with a foolish grin.

We must side with the oppressed on every occasion, even when they are in the wrong, though without losing sight of the fact that they are molded of the same clay as their oppressors.

We should repeat to ourselves, every day: I am one of the billions dragging himself across the earth's surface. One, and no more. This banality justifies any conclusion, any behavior or action: debauchery, chastity, suicide, work, crime, sloth, or rebellion...Whence it follows that each man is right to do what he does.

We have lost, being born, as much as we shall lose, dying. Everything.

In a metropolis as in a hamlet, what we still love best is to watch the fall of one of our kind.

Whereas all beings have their place in nature, man remains a metaphysically straying creature, lost in Life, a stranger to the Creation.

Lumea nu este o justificare a lui Dumnezeu, istoria îns?, este una a omului.

Her insan?n içinde bir peygamber uyuklar ve o uyand???nda, dünyadaki kötülük biraz daha artar...

Naprzeciwko czÅ'owieka abstrakcyjnego, który myÅ›li dla przyjemnoÅ›ci myÅ›lenia, staje czÅ'owiek organiczny, myÅ›lÄ…cy pod naciskiem ?yciowej nierównowagi, znajdujÄ…cy siÄ™ poza dziedzinami nauki i sztuki. Podoba mi siÄ™ myÅ›lenie zachowujÄ…ce jeszcze woÅ" krwi i ciaÅ'a; od pustej abstrakcji tysiÄ…c razy wolÄ™ refleksjÄ™ wybÅ'yskujÄ…cÄ… z pÅ'ciowego roznamiÄ™tnienia lub z nerwowej depresji.

Uno debe ponerse del lado de los oprimidos en cualquier circunstancia, incluso cuando están equivocados, sin perder de vista, no obstante, que están hechos del mismo barro que sus opresores.

Todas as nossas humilhações provêm de que não podemos resolver-nos a morrer de fome. Pagamos caro esta covardia. Viver em função dos homens, sem vocação de mendigo! Rebaixar-se ante esses macacos engravatados, sortudos, enfatuados! Estar à mercê dessas caricaturas indignas até de desprezo!

Can we imagine a city dweller who does not have the soul of a murderer?

In order not to be overwhelmed by our accident, we convert even our name into an entity: how can we die when we are called Peter or Paul?

The human being delivered to himself, without any partiality for elegance, is a monster.