Humanity Quotes

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As life in general constituted much pain in the form of struggles against poverty, disease, ignorance, and emotional anguish, what more civilized way for people… — Aberjhani
Beneath the surface of states and nations, ideas and language, lies the fate of individual human beings in need. Answering their needs will be the… — Kofi Annan
What in Gods name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine? — John Brunner
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment — Owen Feltham
No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true… — Mikhail Bakunin
Man is not the most majestic of the creatures; long before the mammals even, the dinosaurs were far more splendid. But he has what no… — Jacob Bronowski
There is no doubt that I have discovered the ultimate in stagnant human societies. The Bikura have realized the human dream of immortality and have… — Dan Simmons
If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real… — Nelson DeMille
Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also… — Marie Curie
We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world - introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably - that the best… — Walter Lippmann
The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man — Charles Sumner
A sweet new blossom of humanity, fresh fallen from God's own home, to flower on earth — Gerald Massey
I believe in standardizing automobiles, not human beings. — Albert Einstein
It is not by sitting still at a grand distance and calling the human race larvae that men are to be helped. — Albert Einstein
America is today the hope of all honorable men who respect the rights of their fellow men and who believe in the principle of freedom… — Albert Einstein
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer
Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as it does for many, the… — Pope John Paul II
I have no patience whatever with these gorilla damnifications of humanity. — Thomas Carlyle
If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after having… — Jean Rostand
James Watt patented his steam engine on the eve of the American Revolution, consummating a relationship between coal and the new Promethean spirit of the… — Jeremy Rifkin

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