Mankind Quotes

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There are times when words seem empty and only actions seem great. Such a time has come, and in the Providence of God America will… — Woodrow Wilson
The meaning ascribed in popular usage to the word 'selfishness' is not merely wrong: it represents a devastating intellectual 'package-deal,' which is responsible, more than… — Ayn Rand
As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
One of mankind's problems is we keep committing the same errors. — Ronald Reagan
The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. — Jim Harbaugh
Mankind was my business... charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business. — Charles Dickens
The spirit of Christmas lives with us. We are the protectors of the real tradition of Christmas-peace on Earth and Goodwill to all. We are… — L. Ron Hubbard
It is not the child as a physical but as a psychic being that can provide a strong impetus to the betterment of mankind. It… — Maria Montessori
What we want is to destroy our false, inorganic connections, especially those related to money, and re-establish the living organic connections, with the cosmos, the… — D. H. Lawrence
There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of… — Samuel Johnson
All mankind is us, whether we like it or not. — Samuel Beckett
Mankind is engaged in an eternal quest for that ‘something else' he hopes will bring him happiness, complete and unending.For those individual souls who have… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Today, the need to avoid confusing marriage with other types of unions based on weak love is especially urgent. It is only the rock of… — Pope Benedict XVI
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be the most inveterate… — George Washington
The Lord, before His Incarnation, let mankind experience all the bitterness of sin, all their powerlessness to eradicate it; and when all longed for a… — John of Kronstadt
If our Lord ascends up to Heaven, ascend with Him. Be one of those angels who escort Him, or one of those who receive Him.… — Gregory of Nazianzus
The disciples worshipped the most high Lord Who had come down from heaven, made the earth into heaven and gone up again whence He came,… — Gregory Palamas
Money is an instrumentality of the profit motive and must be issued and backed only by private enterprisers. Economic and political perversities are inescapable while… — E.C. Riegel
Affliction is a divine diet which though it be not pleasing to mankind, yet almighty God hath often imposed it as a good, thought bitter,… — Izaak Walton
There are seeds of happiness in every soul. Our mental attitude and dispositions constitute the environment in which these seeds germinate. There is as much… — David O. McKay
The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind. — William Saroyan
Mankind has invested more than four million years of evolution in the attempt to avoid physical exertion. Now a group of backward-thinking atavists mounted on… — P.J. O'Rourke
The eyes of mankind will be upon you to see whether the Government, which is now more popular than it has been for many years… — Samuel Adams
When we consider we are bound to be serviceable to mankind, and bear with their faults, we shall perceive there is a common tie of… — Marcus Aurelius

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