Humanity Quotes · Page 244

Facebook's a wonderful, incredible way to bring humanity together. They've brought together 2 billion people in the largest fictional family in history.…

— Jeremy Rifkin

I believe that humanity now is desperately calling for new ideas. These new ideas must come from spiritual teachers and artists, from…

— Neale Donald Walsch

I'm trying to understand how do we tell lies to ourselves to justify what we've done and what are the consequences of…

— Joshua Oppenheimer

“We all must travel,' the driver said, keeping his eyes on the way ahead. His hands grasped the wheel firmly. 'It is…

— Nnedi Okorafor

“The weaknesses of human nature appear more clearly in a storm than in the quiet flow of calmer times. Among the overwhelming…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Profits should be for a purpose. Profits should be productive. You should make money for producing benefits that make the world a…

— Andrew Young

“Why are we so desperate to escape the material world? Is it really so bleak? Or could it be, rather, that we…

— Charles Eisenstein

“don't expect too much from me, cos i might not meet up to your expectations, don't underestimate me, cos i just might…

— odeyale opeyemi

My urgent advice to you would be, not only always to think first of America, but always, also, to think first of…

— Woodrow Wilson

As matters now stand, the combination of genocide, as conventionally understood, and crimes against humanity, seems sufficient to cover the criminality of…

— Richard A. Falk

The kingdom of God is a society of the best of men, working for the best ends, according to the best methods.…

— Henry Drummond

Of course, the latter made no secret of his attitude toward the Jewish people, and when necessary he even took the whip…

— Adolf Hitler

Technology can be used to make people's lives easier, to reduce inequality, to facilitate inclusion, or to solve intractable global problems, but…

— Sharan Burrow

Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. Without fear, there could be no humility, and every…

— Dean Koontz

School performance, public health, crime rates, clinical depression, tax compliance, philanthropy, race relations, community development, census returns, teen suicide, economic productivity, campaign…

— Robert D. Putnam

It seems to me that this whole alone is worthy of the deeper sort of love; and that there is peace, freedom,…

— Robinson Jeffers

“I am no feminist. Even though the term "feminism" is founded upon the basic principle of gender equality, it possesses its own…

— Abhijit Naskar

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy men. The true division of humanity is…

— Victor Hugo

“We outsource human interaction with likes and pokes on facebook. We forego meaningful person to person conversation with instant messaging and texts.…

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“The main take-home lesson from a careful study of nomadic forager partnership societies, re-enforced by the recent Nordic experience, is that humans…

— Riane Eisler

Man surprised me most about humanity.Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his…

— Dalai Lama

To oppose knowledge is ignorant, and he who detests knowledge and science is not a man, but rather an animal without intelligence.…

— Abdu'l-Bahá

I'm often surprised that, you know, you encounter all types of humanity. And very often, there are some very decent people who…

— Mohsin Hamid

Our existence as embodied beings is purely momentary; what are a hundred years in eternity? But if we shatter the chains of…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Until we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is - whether its victim is human or animal - we cannot…

— Rachel Carson

I certainly had qualms about writing my piece in the first place, since I knew I couldn't express my disdain for many…

— Kevin Roose

It is an old, old adage that if you want someone to do something, get them to believe it is their idea.…

— David Icke

Journalists don't sit down and think, "I'm now going to speak for the establishment." Of course not. But they internalize a whole…

— John Pilger

Safety lies in catering to the in-group. We are not all brave. All I would ask of writers who find it hard…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“We have built cities that scrape the sky, machines that think and a global network that allows people to yell at each…

— Natalie Kyriacou

Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine…

— Paul Klee

Nothing prevents us from being and remaining the exponents of a united humanity, when we have a country of our own. To…

— Theodor Herzl

We have seen violence and terror perpetrated by those who profess to stand up for faith, their faith. Professed to stand up…

— Barack Obama

“For the hundredth time, he examined his face in the bathroom mirror, patiently touched every scratch with the styptic pencil, and repowdered…

— patricia highsmith

“People who live in society have learned to see themselves in mirrors as they appear to their friends. Is that why my…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

That's what I love doing - understanding another person's perspective that's really different from mine. To me, it's like an emotional puzzle,…

— Miriam Shor

“Poor Old Ones! Scientists to the last -- what had they done that we would not have done in their place? God,…

— H.P. Lovecraft

Many messages are just thanking a stranger for a kindness...I love those ones, because I imagine everyone else reading them feels encouraged…

— Sophie Blackall

I just want to touch something deep in the heart of humanity. I don't know if that's in movies, producing films, or…

— Nicole Ari Parker

In the Goldstone Report, Israeli perpetrators of possible crimes against humanity were made subject to prosecution and punishment, although the geopolitical leverage…

— Richard A. Falk