humanity Quotes (33)

“One man is equivalent to all Creation. One man is a World in miniature.”

“God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.”

“I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.”

“The foundation on which all our constitutions are built is the natural equality of man.”

“Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.”

“Only Homo sapiens knows that its allotted time is short, worries about the future and wonders about the past.”

“Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.”

“Life is a contradiction at times - as are we.”

“Yearning for the seemingly impossible is the path to human progress.”

“Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.”

“History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.”

“A man is related to all nature.”

“Violence is like a weed – it does not die even in the greatest drought.”

“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.”

“The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.”

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries; without them humanity cannot survive.”

“Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.”

“One cannot be just if one is not humane.”

“He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope for the human condition is a fool.”

“Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.”

“Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.”

“Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.”

“To my mind to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.”

“Let us not forget that knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. ... I claim credit for nothing. Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insects as well as for the stars. Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.”

“He who cherishes the values of culture cannot fail to be a pacifist.”

“Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.”

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

“Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.”

“You're only human. You live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damned red velvet cupcake.”

“Whenever there is hardship, remember it is part of the process of becoming a better person.”

“Plants grow by cultivation, and humans become people through education.”

“Man is a thinking reed.”

“As long as the sun shines, hope shines in the human heart.”