Humankind Quotes

364 Humankind quotes by 278 unique authors

I have all my life been on my guard against the information conveyed by the sense of hearing -- it being one of my earliest… — Mary Wortley Montagu
If you believe in justice, if you believe in democracy, if you believe in people's rights, if you believe in the harmony of all humankind… — Harry Belafonte
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Spoken language clearly differentiates Homo sapiens from all other creatures. None but humankind produces a complex spoken language, a medium for communication and a medium… — Richard Leakey
What's right with America and what's right with Islam have a lot in common. At their highest levels, both worldviews reflect an enlightened recognition that… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
Our love could change the orbit of the earth. So, if a meteor ever comes hurtling towards earth with the guarantee of destruction, top scientists… — Dalai Lama
The constraints that humankind has set upon itself are so narrow, so rigid. If you don't wear your clothes one day, they'll lock you up.… — Frederick Lenz
The condition of humankind is not good, in the sense that the illusory prisons we create for ourselves through our desires and our frustrations are… — Frederick Lenz
Humankind has no idea what existence is, at this stage. They're all dreaming, they're all asleep... Once in a great while a fully awakened one… — Frederick Lenz
We need to preserve these sacred locations for ourselves, for the species of plants and animals that coexist in harmony there, and for the future… — Frederick Lenz
The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions… — Vernor Vinge
As to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more service to you than I have been, but if I had,… — Benjamin Franklin
By helping yourself, you are helping humankind. By helping humankind, you are helping yourself. That's the law of all spiritual progress. — Christopher Isherwood
The most intimate motions within the depths of our souls are not completely our own. For they belong also to our friends, to humankind, to… — Paul Tillich
There is, fortunately, a minority composed of those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and satisfying experiences open to humankind are… — Albert Einstein
Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this… — Michelle Bachelet
I have long admired the visceral storytelling and moral complexity of John Vaillant’s brilliant non-fiction about humankind’s tragically ambivalent relationship with the natural world. Now… — John Burnham Schwartz
We're all mankind and humankind - so just be one and show kindness. — Amani
Man is an ape with possibilities. — Roy Chapman Andrews
Through the plan of prayer, God actually is inviting redeemed man into full partnership with Him; not in making the divine decisions, but in implementing… — Paul Billheimer
Everyone seems to want to be somewhere they aren't. Choose to be where you are right now and you will be happier than 90 percent… — Ernie J Zelinski
The future will be green, or not at all. This truth lies at the heart of humankind's most pressing challenge: to learn to live in… — Jonathon Porritt
By far the single greatest danger facing humankind - in fact, all living beings on our planet - is the threat of nuclear destruction. — Dalai Lama
The earth is at the same time mother, She is mother of all that is natural, mother of all that is human. She is mother… — Hildegard of Bingen
People are so tired. The world is set up to exhaust you and drain you. That's how humankind has devised their world. Life is not… — Frederick Lenz

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