Humanity Quotes

4081 Humanity quotes by 2171 unique authors

He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath… — Alfred the Great
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit.… — Albert Schweitzer
Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can… — William Ralph Inge
I think there will come a time when civilized people will look back in horror on our generation and the ones that have preceded it;… — Dennis Weaver
Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cats have intercepted my footsteps at the ankle for so long that my gait, both at home and on tour, has been compared to that… — Roy Blount, Jr.
I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen, and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it with her rough… — Dilys Laing
The city of cats and the city of men exist one inside the other, but they are not the same city. — Italo Calvino
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. — Henry David Thoreau
If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take her place on my knee… — Pierre Loti
A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all,… — Agnes Repplier
If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands,… — Lloyd Alexander
Human beings seem to be a poor invention. If they are the noblest works of God where is the ignoblest? — Mark Twain
I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed I know it. I can… — Mark Twain
Doesn't make any difference who we are or what we are, there's always somebody to look down on. — Mark Twain
It is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most… — Mark Twain
When Charles Darwin wrote The Origin Of The Species, no one could have known that the ice cap would melt, that the waters would rise… — Alexander McQueen
Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength. — Ralph Washington Sockman
Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power.… — Samuel Johnson
I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful; for not only… — Samuel Johnson
We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and… — Samuel Johnson
It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his own miseries without… — Samuel Johnson
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendour cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate; those soft intervals of unbended… — Samuel Johnson
The necessities of our condition require a thousand offices of tenderness, which mere regard for the species will never dictate. — Samuel Johnson

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