Humanity Quotes
4081 quotes by 2171 authors
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I would like you to accept only one prayer, and that is laughter, because when you are totally laughing you are in the present. You…
— Rajneesh
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The science of meditation: it brings you to the present, it brings you to this moment. The past is a thought; it disappears when thoughts…
— Rajneesh
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Humanity may endure the loss of everything; all its possessions may be turned away without infringing its true dignity - all but the possibility of…
— Johann Gottlieb Fichte
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It's unrealistic to think that the future of humanity can be achieved only on the basis of prayer; what we need is to take action.
— Dalai Lama
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To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity.
— Pope Leo XIII
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Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.
— Edward Gibbon
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[The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year.
— E. O. Wilson
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Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.
— Germaine Greer
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Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self-realization.
— B.K.S. Iyengar
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Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of our species' repertory.…
— E. O. Wilson
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The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to…
— John Naisbitt
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Co-operative enterprises provide the organisational means whereby a significant proportion of humanity is able to take into its own hands the tasks of creating productive…
— Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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Think of it. We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all to feed everybody, clothe…
— R. Buckminster Fuller
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The day hunger disappears, the world will see the greatest spiritual explosion humanity has ever seen.
— Federico Garcia Lorca
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The UN wasn't created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell.
— Dag Hammarskjold
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The right of an individual to refuse to kill, to torture, or to participate in the preparation for the nuclear destruction of humanity seems to…
— Sean MacBride
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...I believe, with Gandhi, that we need to take an imaginative leap forward toward fresh and generous idealism for the sake of all humanity -…
— Mairead Corrigan
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This idea of weapons of mass extermination is utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate.
— Bertrand Russell
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Vegetarianism serves as the criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of humanity is genuine and sincere.
— Leo Tolstoy
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Why is war such an easy option? Why does peace remain such an elusive goal? We know statesmen skilled at waging war, but where are…
— Elie Wiesel
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