Humanity is still advancing; and it will probably continue to advance for hundreds of thousands of years more, always on condition that… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
You may call a jay a bird. Well, so he is, in a measure--because he's got feathers on him, and don't belong… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
You do not know the unfathomable cowardice of humanity...servile in the face of force, pitiless in the face of weakness, implacable before… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
You are whole and also part of larger and larger circles of wholeness you many not even know about. You are never… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take upon themselves those of the whole world; but as their… — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
Love for others and respect for their rights and their human dignity, irrespective of who or what they are, no matter what… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle.… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
“I keep hearing about a spiritual awakening, but I feel what we need instead, is a human one. It would be wonderful… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“The foundation of morality on the human sentiments of what is acceptable behavior versus repulsive behavior has always made morals susceptible to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone.… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
“While we maintain the unity of the human species, we at the same time repel the depressing assumption of superior and inferior… — Alexander von Humboldt Copy Share Image
The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
I think Cruella is evil, because she's the devil. But all the other characters, I was able to find a common humanity… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
It was the final session of the Council, the most essential, in which the Pope [Paul VI] was to bestow upon all… — Jean Guitton Copy Share Image
Parents create guilt. That is the greatest sin against humanity. To create guilt in a child is criminal because once the guilt… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Now the basic impulse behind existentialism is optimistic, very much like the impulse behind all science. Existentialism is romanticism, and romanticism is… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
The quintessential exercise of free speech in a culture supposedly built on that concept and dedicated to it, the Internet's development is… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
A united humanity will be able to confront the many troubling problems of the present time: from the menace of terrorism to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware? There's no evidence for it. Human beings never think for themselves, they… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
It is clear that military force and our policy of preemption are alone insufficient to make us safe. But help is on… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me,… — Ed Mayo Copy Share Image
Who voted for Trump? Who are these people who, as he famously said, would let him shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and… — John Dean Copy Share Image
We have at most ten years - not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
No one has success until he has the abounding life. This is made up of the many-fold activity of energy, enthusiasm and… — Lilian Whiting Copy Share Image
Economic development over the past two centuries has taken most of humanity from lives that were brutal, ignorant and short, to personal… — Ross Garnaut Copy Share Image
Having read the histories of other countries, I saw that expansion was everything, and that the world's surface being limited, the great… — Cecil Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Should you operate upon your clients as objects, you risk reducing them to less than human. Following the culture of appropriation and… — Scott E. Spradlin Copy Share Image
The rage for wanting to conclude is one of the most deadly and most fruitless manias to befall humanity. Each religion and… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“Modern man has successfully razed the imaginative landscapes of primal peoples the whole world over. Kill the gods first, slaughter the sacred… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Self-published media are really critical. It's so heartwarming that people are still doing it in this digital age. It's just really moving… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
The eighteen years he has lived seem but a moment, a breathing space in the long march of humanity. Already he hears… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
For us to make sure that we have full lives, meaningful lives, we will have to elevate our unique human qualities. And… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I stood there in the kitchen, watching her staring across the meadow still searching for her nemesis and I thought, suddenly, that… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
“Incredible how so many people have no sense of honor. How does this happen? This happens by thriving on how one appears… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Dear young people of every language and culture, a high and exhilarating task awaits you: that of becoming men and women capable… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
My ethics, my sense of morality, my work ethic, my sense of compassion for suffering humanity, all of that comes directly out… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
The climate crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. From not only the warming of the earth with higher global… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“Modern civilization depends on science … James Smithson was well aware that knowledge should not be viewed as existing in isolated parts,… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image