Mankind Quotes

3075 Mankind quotes by 1527 unique authors

The clergy converted the simple teachings of Jesus into an engine for enslaving mankind and adulterated by artificial constructions into a contrivance to filch wealth… — Thomas Jefferson
A zeal for different opinions concerning religion...[has] divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and… — James Madison
It has always seemed to me that a being coming from another world, with a message of infinite importance to mankind, should at least have… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The plain fact is: religion must die for mankind to live. — Bill Maher
Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It's nothing to brag about; and those who preach faith and enable and elevate it are… — Bill Maher
Communication of science as subject-matter has so far outrun in education the construction of a scientific habit of mind that to some extent the natural… — John Dewey
But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish religion, before his principles were departed from by those who… — Thomas Jefferson
How unfortunate for mankind that the Lord is reported by Holy Writ as having said 'Vengeance is mine!' — Julian Huxley
If all the historic books of the Bible were blotted from the memory of mankind, nothing of value would be lost.. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Religion and science, then, in my analysis are the two great sister forces which have pulled, and are still pulling, mankind onward and upward. — Robert Andrews Millikan
When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false; but the… — Charles Darwin
What if God were not exactly truth, and if this could be proved? And if he were instead the vanity, the desire for power, the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of… — Thomas Paine
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¡
Today anywhere you go you will find that this is a living legacy which is not only for now, not only for the next one… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our eyes,… — Henry Fielding
It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or… — Joseph Addison
More than any other product of human scientific culture scientific knowledge is the collective property of all mankind. — Konrad Lorenz
Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune. — Raymond Queneau
Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind. — Tryon Edwards
There are certain things that our age needs, and certain things that it should avoid. It needs compassion and a wish that mankind should be… — Bertrand Russell
Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture. — Mark Kurlansky
Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind. "Christmas… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place… — Dalai Lama

Who Wrote These Mankind Quotes

1,527 authors contributed a total of 3,075 Mankind Quotes, led by these top contributors: