Humanity Quotes

4081 Humanity quotes by 2171 unique authors

I think enormous harm is done by religion - not just in the name of religion, but actually by religion. ... Many people do simply… — Steven Weinberg
Humanity is in the highest degree irrational, so that there is no prospect of influencing it by reasonable arguments. Against prejudice one can do nothing. — Sigmund Freud
It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, "mad cow" disease, and many others, but I think… — Richard Dawkins
But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most, our… — Mark Twain
The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task. — Friedrich Nietzsche
May you become as the waves of one sea, stars of the same heaven, fruits adorning the same tree, roses of one garden in order… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
The joy that compassion brings is one of the best-kept secrets of humanity. It is a secret known only to a very few people, a… — Henri Nouwen
He was a worshiper of liberty, a friend of the oppressed. A thousand times I have heard him quote these words: 'For Justice all place… — Robert Green Ingersoll
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success. — Otto von Bismarck
It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for the freedom of… — Nelson Mandela
I remind myself of the power of thought and how it's my obligation as a citizen (and student) of humanity to propel compassion. — Alyssa Milano
What does Reverence for Life say abut the relations between [humanity] and the animal world? Whenever I injury any kind of life I must be… — Albert Schweitzer
Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true… — Bryant H. McGill
We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the… — Pablo Casals
In the hearts of people today there is a deep longing for peace. When the true spirit of peace is thoroughly dominant, it becomes an… — Albert Schweitzer
Pakistan is a peace loving, democratic country. Pashtuns want education for their daughters and sons. Islam is a religion of peace, humanity and brotherhood. — Malala Yousafzai
Oppression involves a failure of the imagination: the failure to imagine the full humanity of other human beings. — Margaret Atwood
In human history there has been a continuous and growing impulse toward the regeneration and transformation of humanity. — Barbara Marx Hubbard
That the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may eagerly assume their… — Pope Benedict XVI
The proclamation of the Gospel remains the primary service that the Church owes to humanity, to offer the salvation of Christ to the man of… — Pope Benedict XVI
May all our contemporaries stand beside their brothers and sisters in humanity. Each one of you is called by Christ and must be a missionary… — Pope Benedict XVI
The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should… — Li Ka-shing
There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life, every crumb of success, each encounter of love... In a… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
A total spiritual direction given to the whole life and the whole nature can alone lift humanity beyond itself. . . It is only the… — Sri Aurobindo
Love and kindness are the very basis of society. If we lose these feelings, society will face tremendous difficulties; the survival of humanity will be… — Dalai Lama

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