The proclamation of the Gospel remains the primary service that the Church owes to humanity, to offer the salvation of Christ to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Maybe it's animalness that will make the world right again: the wisdom of elephants, the enthusiasm of canines, the grace of snakes,… — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. Today the greatest divide within humanity… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“My gosh," I said, "another human being." "You'll never know how human," she said. "Maybe I will," I said. "I could try."… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“That so many thousands of children around the world are available for adoption is a sign of our impoverished humanity. That so… — Deborah A. Beasley Copy Share Image
The trails are a reminder of our insignificance. We come and go, but nature is forever. It puts us in our place,… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
“The history of the human race doesn’t make happy reading, does it? I’ve seen a lot of sadness during my time, but… — Peter James Copy Share Image
For me, the promised land, always seeming just beyond my reach, is the poetic masterpiece, that perfect union of words in cadence,… — James Emanuel Copy Share Image
We are lucky in the United States to have our liberal arts system. In most countries, if you go to university, you… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigor in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
James Watt patented his steam engine on the eve of the American Revolution, consummating a relationship between coal and the new Promethean… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
At that moment, it seemed to him that time stood still, and the Soul of the World surged within him. When he… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Ours is an age in which thousands are driven daily from their homelands by the unforgiving brutalities of war, terrorism, political oppression,… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“They are always the problem. There is no evil in this world you cannot blame on them. The world will never be… — James Rozoff Copy Share Image
I don't see social media as lending my voice as much as I see it speaking my truth. If you look at… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
Being in a first-world country, it's like we have a first-row seat to witnessing humanity, but we're not really witnessing anything. Despite… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
“Atheism rises above creeds and puts Humanity upon one plane. There can be no 'chosen people' in the Atheist philosophy. There are… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“What I mean to say is probably something like this: any single human being, no matter what kind of person he or… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“As far as he could discover, there were no signs of spring. The decay that covered the surface of the mottled ground… — Nathanael West Copy Share Image
Man is sitting disconsolate on an anthill one morning. God asks him what the matter is and man replies that the soil… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Resilience, timing, adaptation - these are the three pillars upon which the emergent properties of interacting systems rest. When the systems are… — John L. Casti Copy Share Image
If we just worry about the big picture, we are powerless. So my secret is to start right away doing whatever little… — Chan Khong Copy Share Image
Planetary Citizenship reveals a vital blueprint for a compassionate and sustainable world. Hazel Henderson and Daisaku Ikeda make a formidable team stepping… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
Under the sublime law of progress, the present outgrows the past. The great heart of humanity is heaving with the hopes of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nowadays this is the way everyone loves himself; people wish to live with God in consolations and repose, in wealth and power,… — Hadewijch Copy Share Image
The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth. Nuclear arms cannot bolster the security of… — Oscar Arias Copy Share Image
It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. That’s why these Web… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
I know what the world is like. Nobody does anything unless there's something in it for themselves. But there are some people… — Nahoko Uehashi Copy Share Image
The UN special envoy on food called it a 'crime against humanity' to funnel 100 million tons of grain and corn to… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
We're obviously at the edge of something quite new in humanity's experience. That is this globalization process which isn't just economic or… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“The more I love humanity in general the less I love man in particular. In my dreams, I often make plans for… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
What we need most is to restore and revive our humanity. We must create a society where people can live with dignity,… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“We are not killing the planet. It is our arrogance that makes us believe we are capable of such destruction. The earth… — Luke Gracias Copy Share Image
“Every morning I wake up to have the same hope, that mankind had survived its own greed, its own desire to self-destruct,… — Husam Wafaei Copy Share Image
We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly… — M. H. Abrams Copy Share Image
“Hive Queen: They never know anything. They don't have enough years in their little lives to come to an understanding of anything… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
