Humanity today is not safe in the presence of humanity. The old cannibalism has given way to anonymous action in which the… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Each man too is a tyrant in tendency, because he would impose his idea on others; and their trick is their natural… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
...he was part of a family whether he wanted to be or not, the family of humanity, more often than not a… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“It's idealistic, it's for love and gentleness, it's close to nature, it hurts nobody, it's voluntary. I can't see anything wrong with… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
It is time for the younger generation to speak up to the man. For too long, have those with the truth been… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
For the sake of humanity it is devoutly to be wished that the manly employment of agriculture and the humanizing benefits of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“We humans are imperfect, but what makes us human is not are kind but our courage to overcome fear, our ability to… — Paranjay Malkan Copy Share Image
No wonder we cannot appreciate the really central Kafka joke: that the horrific struggle to establish a human self results in a… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Following the devastating India Ocean tsunami of 2004, I founded Chefs for Humanity, modeled after Doctors Without Borders, but comprised of chefs.… — Cat Cora Copy Share Image
“Although we are moving in the right direction, one wonders how long it will take humanity to attain a consciousness of ourselves… — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
The soul, cramped among the petty vexations of Earth, needs to keep its windows constantly open to the invigorating air of large… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
Religion and practical life are not different. To take sanyas (renunciation) is not to abandon life. The real spirit is to make… — Bal Gangadhar Tilak Copy Share Image
Machinery that gives us abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
“I never thought it would get this bad. I never thought the Reestablishment would take things so far. They're incinerating culture, the… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. Over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
This act is as horrible as killing a cancer cell. It must be done for the sake of the future of the… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
All my words are sort of shaped, all my words, my voice, my gestures, my imagination, are shaped by centuries, really. They… — Alice Rohrwacher Copy Share Image
“it is only in social relations that we are human...to be human women must share in the totality of humanity's common life.… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
The real world is far too complex and unpredictable to make something like the idea of humanity controlling its own evolution or… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
...it becomes clear that, given our diversity, no single religion satisfies all humanity. ... And since the majority does not practice religion,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
People knew less of each other, perhaps, but they felt more free of each other, and so were more individual. The entire… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
The problem with being a film actress or a movie star is that people see you so huge that somehow you're visually… — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
“I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character ... by which to distinguish between… — Cari Linneaus Copy Share Image
The idea of Curious Yellow, of surrender to a higher cause, seems to appeal to a certain small subset of humanity. These… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“The downfall of the attempts of governments and leaders to unite mankind is found in this- in the wrong message that we… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
We do not abandon ship. I say, as corny as it may sound, through the strength and spirit and fire and dare… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I believe in the absolute oneness of God and, therefore, also of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The coming years will prove increasingly cynical and cruel. People will definitely not slip into oblivion while hugging each other. The final… — Pentti Linkola Copy Share Image
Conversation in its happiest development is a link, equally exquisite and adequate, between mind and mind, a system by which men approach… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“Attempts at description are stupid. Who can all at once describe a human being? Even when he is presented to us we… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
What we tend to do in our shows, especially with 'Love Is_,' is to show the humanity of characters so that people… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
The notion of "humanity" as a form of transcendence derives, I think, from the conviction that intellectuality possesses an absolute power, from… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
“If we want truth and justice to rule our global village, there must be no hypocrisy. If there is no truth, then… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Time is different for a tree than for a man. Sun and soil and water, these are the things a weirwood understands,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
First of all, everyone must acknowledge and feel that child slavery still exists in the world, in its ugliest face and form.… — Kailash Satyarthi Copy Share Image
Ignorance, which is contented and clumsy, will produce what is imperfect, but not offensive. But ignorance dis contented and dexterous, learning what… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“From time to time, I open a newspaper. Things seem to be proceeding at a dizzying rate. We are dancing not on… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“Humans do not want to be better. A person may want to swim better or have a better smile. But they don't… — Noah Cicero Copy Share Image
I then greet and cordially thank you all, dear friends belonging to other religious traditions; first of all the Muslims, who worship… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
