Humankind Quotes
364 Humankind quotes by 278 unique authors
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My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so…
— Al Franken
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In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
— Charles Darwin
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No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more to humankind and accomplished more for its people in so brief a period…
— Alan Dershowitz
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
— William Hazlitt
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change…
— Daisaku Ikeda
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
— Daisaku Ikeda
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Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.
— Spike Lee
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Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion.
— Annie Lennox
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There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.
— Bill Nye
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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
— George Orwell
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Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.…
— Chief Seattle
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In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.
— Desmond Tutu
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Our true nationality is mankind.
— H.G. Wells
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Trade has played a vital role in the social evolution of humankind. It allowed people to specialise, which raises both skill levels and efficiency. It…
— Julian Baggini
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It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot…
— Albert Einstein
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Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it.
— John Adams
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Humankind cannot gain something without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. This is Alchemy's First Law of…
— Hiromu Arakawa
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When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can…
— Fred Rogers
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Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you're good…
— Orson Scott Card
Who Wrote These Humankind Quotes
278 authors contributed a total of 364 Humankind Quotes, led by these top contributors: