Humanity Quotes

4081 Humanity quotes by 2171 unique authors

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
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
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
The day hunger disappears, the world will see the greatest spiritual explosion humanity has ever seen. — Federico Garcia Lorca
The UN wasn't created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell. — Dag Hammarskjold
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
...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
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
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
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
Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others… — Eric Hoffer
We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within all things: the… — Black Elk
If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as 'human rights'? How smart… — Carl Sagan
But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life… — Plutarch
All cruelty springs from weakness. — Seneca the Younger
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. — Paul Harvey
Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story. — Mary Tyler Moore
The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. — Konrad Lorenz
By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe. — Albert Schweitzer
Dogs, bless them, operate on the premise that human beings are fragile and require incessant applications of affection and reassurance. The random lick of a… — Mary McGrory
...and we have so far improved upon the custom of Adam and Eve, that we generally furnish forth our feasts with a portion of some… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Women should be protected from anyone's exercise of unrighteous power... but then, so should every other living creature. — George Eliot
The most violent weapon on earth is the table fork. — Mahatma Gandhi
There is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct. — Robert Breault
Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character. — George Bernard Shaw

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