Human Quotes

22022 quotes by 8110 authors

When a white man in Africa by accident looks into the eyes of a native and sees the human being (which it is the chief… — Doris Lessing
Why should anyone think a white skin superior in evaluating the qualities of human life? I did not really admire a white skin so much… — Charles Lindbergh
How protean are the devices available to human intelligence when it lends itself to the persistence of the conformist error. — Robert M. Lindner
The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to… — Malcolm X
Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree,… — John Stuart Mill
Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human. — Robin Morgan
Women had always fought for men, and for their children. Now they were ready to fight for their own human rights. Our militant movement was… — Emmeline Pankhurst
We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help free the other half. — Emmeline Pankhurst
Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to recognize that humanity is… — Beah Richards
Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until it's… — Marlon Riggs
Nations will rise and fall, but equality remains the ideal. The univeral aim is to achieve respect for the entire human race, not for the… — Carlos P. Romulo
Women's rights in essence is really a movement for freedom, a movement for equality, for the dignity of all women, for those who work outside… — William Ruckelshaus
The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand… — Bertrand Russell
I have one abiding religion-human liberty. — Wole Soyinka
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full… — D. Elton Trueblood
We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black and… — Desmond Tutu
It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He… — Rebecca West
Till women are more rationally educated, the progress in human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive continual checks. — Mary Wollstonecraft
I want to live in a world where people become famous because of their work for peace and justice and care. I want the famous… — Patch Adams
Religions have become a hindrance, rather than a help, to our shared pursuit of peace and progress. They tend to make us meaner rather than… — Agnivesh

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