In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined. — Leopold von Ranke Copy Share Image
What is meant by a knowledge of the world is simply, an acquaintance with the infirmities of men — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“The Message of Mohammad is not a set of metaphysical phenomena. It is a complete civilization.” — W.A.R. Gibb Copy Share Image
Mankind have such a deep stake in inward illumination, that there is much to be said by the hermit or monk in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure our own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Am I caught in a self-centred, narrow little cell which refuses to look beyond? Do I see it when you come along… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“There is far more to this existence than how men have defined it through the exhibition of their limitations.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it… There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
O why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heav'n With Spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“The burden of mankind is very heavy: When a cosmic or an earth-based disaster hits us in this chaotic universe, He must… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice. Today, I choose to persist without exception. No longer… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
[About Jews] Sheer egotism compels us to the purest love of mankind as a whole… Our hearts are like a sponge, receptive… — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
Ever since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Canada regards herself as responsible to all mankind for the peculiar ecological balance that now exists so precariously in the water, ice… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Surfers are the ‘throw-aheads’ of mankind, not the dregs; they aren’t the black sheep of humanity, but the futurists and they are… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
These ceremonies and the National Statuary Hall will teach the youth of the land in succeeding generations as they come and go… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
The knowledge that is suited to our situation and powers, the whole compass of moral, natural, and mathematical science, was neglected by… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity, the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
In view of the fact that in any future world war nuclear weapons will certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I would... establish the conviction that Chemistry, as an independent science, offers one of the most powerful means towards the attainment of… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Creatures which, lacking mankind's superior brain power, did not concern themselves with finding someone to blame, and instead tried to find someone… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Mankind's obsession with money and greed has them going down a one way street to their demise.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
In the long run, only woman remains true to mankind's foremost mission. Whatever she achieves, she achieves through herself, and alone. Man's… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
It is the nature of a man as he grows older- to protest against change, particularly changes for the better — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In the common run of mankind, for one that is wise and good you find ten of a contrary character. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A man who is fighting for the future of mankind is not waiting for torture, he's waiting for -- the Revolution. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our… — Rosalind Franklin Copy Share Image
With the first commandment, Mohammed tried to imprison common sense. And with the second commandment, the beautiful, romantic side of mankind was… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence. — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
This religion (Islam) recognizes all men as brothers. It accepts all human beings as equals before God, and as equal members in… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for… — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
“All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.” — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Psychedelic substances, if they are used in proper ways, are very helpful for mankind. — Albert Hofmann Copy Share Image
War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there. — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
Of all mankind the great poet is the equable man. Not in him but off from him things are grotesque or eccentric… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Islam stands for the unity and brotherhood of mankind, and not for disrupting the oneness of the human family. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image