Quotes About Humanity

First, they came for the Communists And I did not speak out because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And by then there was no one left to speak out for me

Something he had read came into his head, that André Malraux had once asked an elderly priest what he had learned of the human race after a lifetime of hearing confessions, and the priest had replied, "That there are no grown-ups.

André Malraux had once asked an elderly priest what he had learned of the human race after a lifetime of hearing confessions, and the priest had replied, "That there are no grown-ups.

The sons of God are Jews, Greeks, and Gentiles; black and white; despised and respected; rich and poor; tall and short; men and women. All the features that externally define us are inconsequential when it comes to salvation, for Jesus brings "many sons to glory" (Heb. 2:10).

Every time we look at each other or talk to each other as men and women, we should remember that the person we are talking to is a creature of God who is more like God than anything else in the universe, and men and women share that status equally.1

Hitler had been a pioneer of hunting bans. Gerta often wondered how the Führer could consider killing foxes unsporting but not have an issue with killing fellow human Jews.

People give pain, are callous and insensitive, empty and cruel . . . but place heals the hurt, soothes the outrage, fills the terrible vacuum that these human beings make.' " She put her hands on Dora's shoulders. "Do you know who said that?" "No." "Your namesake. Eudora Welty.

The trouble with life sometimes is that we are all in it together.

But I am glad you are not some sort of superhuman pillar of strength. I would not be able to prevail against it. I am too weak, too fragile. In each other's weaknesses, perhaps we can both find strength.

But really there was no hurry. It is time to love, he had said downstairs. And time was not always just one second long or even one minute or one hour. Those were artificial divisions, imposed by humankind. Time was infinite. And it was time to love... ...Even infinity had an end. They had loved. And somehow having loved was quite as beautiful as loving. For of course there was no real end to it. Infinity might have an end, but love did not.

no hay objeto de estudio más digno del hombre que el hombre mismo».

The proper study of mankind is man, you know.' 'You must study him, then

while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty

There is danger there—a very real danger to humanity. Consider, Watson, that the material, the sensual, the worldly would all prolong their worthless lives. The spiritual would not avoid the call to something higher. It would be the survival of the least fit. What sort of cesspool may not our poor world become?

Schade dass die Natur nur einen Mensch aus dir schuf, Denn zum wiirdigen Mann war und zum Schelmen der Stoff.

Recuerda usted lo que afirma Darwin sobre la música? Sostiene que la capacidad de producirla y de apreciarla existió en la raza humana mucho antes de que esta alcanzase la facultad de la palabra. Quizá sea esta la razón de que influya en nosotros de una manera tan sutil. Existen en nuestras almas confusos recuerdos de aquellos siglos nebulosos en que el mundo se hallaba en su niñez.

have wrought my simple plan      If I give one hour of joy To the boy who's half a man,      Or the man who's half a boy.

You may have noticed how extremes call to each other, the spiritual to the animal, the caveman to the angel. You never saw a worse case than this.

The proper study of mankind is man,' you know.

Recuerda usted lo que Darwin ha dicho acerca de la música? En su opinión, la facultad de producir y apreciar una armonía data en la raza humana de mayor antigüedad que el uso del lenguaje. Acaso sea ésta la causa de que influya en nosotros de manera tan sutil. Perviven en nuestras almas recuerdos borrosos de aquellos siglos en que el mundo se hallaba aún en su niñez

I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who's half a man, Or the man who's half a boy.

it was the faults which I loved best.

No hay objeto de estudio más digno del hombre que el hombre mismo.

I was thanking him for...well, for something I'm not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose.