Quotes About Humanity

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men

If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.

Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.

If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another

Haec ego non multis, sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus.

Mereka yang pernah menolong orang-orang yang kesusahan, menginsafi bahwa memberi lebih baik daripada menerima.

A justiça que surge da natureza é um compromisso de vantagem mútua, para impedir que os homens se ofendam uns aos outros e para evitar que sejam ofendidos.

Tudo o que você pode fornecer a si mesmo para garantir proteção contra os homens é um bem natural.

Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death, we human beings all live in an unwalled city.

They picked up all of the Jews from our very small town. They froze to death in the railway cars. You could see that? My father was standing watch there. They unloaded them afterward as corpses.

Poles and Russians had been detained in Auschwitz before it became a death camp for Jews,

First 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 there was no one left to speak for me.24

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.

One goes through life like a flower with its face turned to the sun, ever seeking, ever hoping, wanting to trust others, but afraid to do so. How much better if we trusted one another, if we saw only the good things, the finer things in our fellow creatures! How much better if we were frank and open, if we went on our ways without the cloak of hypocrisy and lies that we wear now.

Perhaps it is that I am old, but I find it extremely difficult to identify men with their ideas. I can dislike, even hate an idea, but the man who has it seems to be still a man.

Literature deals with morality but does not necessarily, does not, qua literature, help you to be more moral, either by precept or example. It makes you more aware. Which is to say that it makes you more human by making life more, not less, difficult. When you become more aware, the area of moral choice is widened. You can be a better man; you can also be a worse. Literature will not determine which. It is the equivalent of neither grace nor good works.

There is no hope for the human race, but there is hope for individual members of it.

It's my duty as a human being to be pissed off

On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.

problemas graves que la humanidad encara hoy pueden resolverse. Sin embargo, la solución tiene que ser espiritual, porque las materiales y las intelectuales ya se han probado y no han dado resultados. Y

medimos al hombre desde el punto de vista humano, terminamos con una tabla de limitaciones. Cuando

His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.1 Emerson

humanos en expresión pero divinos en creación e ilimitados en potencialidad.