Humankind Quotes

364 Humankind quotes by 278 unique authors

Self-restraint may be alien to the human temperament, but humanity without restraint will dig its own grave. — Marya Mannes
What science cannot tell us, mankind cannot know. — Bertrand Russell
In a different time, in a different place, it is always some other side of our common human nature that has been developing itself. The… — Thomas Carlyle
It is only possible through the fact that sympathy for the general life and suffering of mankind is very weakly developed in the individual. — Friedrich Nietzsche
All mankind is divided, as it was at all times and is still, into slaves and freemen. — Friedrich Nietzsche
We are reassured almost as foolishly as we are alarmed; human nature is so constituted. — Victor Hugo
There is in the human race some dark spirit of recalcitrance, always pulling us in the direction contrary to that in which we are reasonably… — Max Beerbohm
Nature holds no brief for the human experiment; it must stand or fall by its results. — George Bernard Shaw
I have encountered a few 'creationists' and because they were usually nice, intelligent people, I have been unable to decide whether they were really mad… — Arthur C. Clarke
Religion has ever been anti-human, anti-woman, anti-life, anti-peace, anti-reason and anti-science. The god idea has been detrimental not only to humankind but to the earth.… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all people are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all people… — Albert Einstein
Thought cannot avoid the ethical or reverence and love for all life. It will abandon the old confined systems of ethics and be forced to… — Albert Schweitzer
It is not possible to provide evidence of life after death to the five senses anymore than it is possible to provide the five senses… — Gary Zukav
Talk passionately and act compassionately. The only thing you can do in your life to win the world is to be a kind speaker and… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones. — Jean Paul
The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not appealing to the… — Robert Anton Wilson
Once upon a time ... the only autonomous intelligences we humans knew of were us humans. We thought then that if humankind ever devised another… — Dan Simmons
If humankind would accept and acknowledge this responsibility and become creatively engaged in the process of evolution, consciously as well as unconsciously, a new reality… — Jonas Salk
Technology is driving us together. In many ways we are becoming like one family. With the global threats resulting from science and technology, the whole… — Joseph Rotblat
Whatever system of governance is eventually adopted, it is important that it carries the people with it. We need to convey the message that safeguarding… — Joseph Rotblat

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