Our Humanity Quotes

101 Our Humanity quotes by 89 unique authors

To say that 'I will not be free till all humans (or all sentient creatures) are free' is simply to cave in to a kind… — Hakim Bey
There’s a great expression in Twelve Step programs: Act as if. Act as if you’re a writer. Sit down and begin. Act as if you… — Dani Shapiro
If there is to be any proving of our humanity it must be by revolutionary means — Walter Rodney
Writing is a way of sharing our humanity. — William McIlvanney
Tolerance of Cruelty in any form is a degraded state of mind and soul. When we freely allow the massacre and prolonged torture of defenseless… — Unknown Author
Feminism's failings do not mean we should eschew feminism entirely. People do terrible things all the time, but we don't regularly disown our humanity. We… — Roxane Gay
Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just… — Jon Foreman
We are, in a way, temporary ambulatory repositories for our nucleic acids. This does not deny our humanity; it does not prevent us from pursuing… — Carl Sagan
If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all… — Aimee Mullins
We experience pain and difficulty as failure instead of saying, I will pass through this, everyone I have ever admired has passed through this, music… — Marilynne Robinson
To treat anyone as if they were less than human, less than a brother or a sister, no matter what they have done, is to… — Desmond Tutu
What makes us most human is not whether we are or are not biologically driven and determined beings; but, rather, how we respond to this… — Stephen A. Diamond
As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then… — Aung San Suu Kyi
No matter what someone else has done, it still matters how we treat people. It matters to our humanity that we treat offenders according to… — Judith Butler
When the eternal and the human meet, that's where love is born -- not through escaping our humanity or trying to disappear into transcendence, but… — Adyashanti
Boko Haram represents the ultimate Fatwa of our time. The question is does the sect's Fatwa represent the articulated position of the majority of Muslims… — Wole Soyinka
I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions… — Phylicia Rashad
But if we know that the people of God are first a fellowship of sinners, we are freed to hear the unconditional call of God's… — Richard J. Foster
In our inherent contradictions as humans, and in order to validate our own pain, we deny the pain of others. But it is in acknowledging… — Hamza Yusuf
Our technology has surpassed our humanity — Albert Einstein
We will not be silent. We will not obey. We will not allow our government to destroy our humanity. — Adam Kokesh
For every woman and girl violently attacked, we reduce our humanity. For every woman forced into unprotected sex because men demand this, we destroy dignity… — Nelson Mandela
Why not assume that our humanity, including the self-control needed for livable societies, is built into us? Does anyone truly believe that our ancestors lacked… — Frans de Waal
I think 'The Hunger Games' has a really powerful message about survival, and sacrificing for the ones you love. It's almost like a warning for… — Amandla Stenberg
Cooking is a holistic process of planning, preparing, dining and sharing food. I place food at the center of our humanity, as it nourishes not… — Eric Ripert

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