Humanity Quotes
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The poet, therefore, is truly the thief of fire. He is responsible for humanity, for animals even; he will have to make sure his visions can be smelled, fondled, listened to; if what he brings back from beyond has form, he gives it form; if it has none, he gives it none. A language must be found…of the soul, for the soul and will include everything: perfumes, sounds colors, thought grappling with thought.
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In the ranks of the movement [National Socialist movement], the most devout Protestant could sit beside the most devout Catholic, without coming into the slightest conflict with his religious convictions. The mighty common struggle which both carried on against the destroyer of Aryan humanity had, on the contrary, taught them mutually to respect and esteem one another.
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I never really liked the Gospel of John because I never could find the humanity of Jesus in it. I thought it presented Jesus as a visitor from another planet; in addition, John's gospel is and has been interpreted as a document that fuels anti-Semitism in the church.
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Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.
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Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It is a scourge for humanity, and America must project its values and protect vulnerable persons.
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I believe that art elevates humanity. I feel incredibly privileged to be part of that.
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The Hindu civilisation is a diabolical contrivance to enslave humanity. Its proper name would be infamy.
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The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.
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The real world is far too complex and unpredictable to make something like the idea of humanity controlling its own evolution or engineering itself - well, I wouldn't say impossible but it should be approached with a degree of caution.
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Actors have an innate sense of self and humanity, the good ones do, and of being generous of heart and generous of spirit.
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Ninety-nine percent of humanity does not know that we have the option to "make it" economically on this planet and in the Universe. We do.
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The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.
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When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity - what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.
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I've learned not to be such a show-off and to have a bit more empathy with humanity. Or at least to fake that.
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If you let go of fart jokes, you've let go of a piece of humanity.
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The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.
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The predicate of modern medicine is, 'We invalidate your humanity, but we give you immortality, so you have to shut up and listen to us.'
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Wherever humanity has made that hardest of all starts and lifted itself out of mere brutality is a sacred spot.
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The question isn't whether you have a good master or a bad master. It's to be your own master. That is the dignity of humanity.
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Freedom does not mean doing what you can get away with, doing what you please. It means, instead, having the opportunity to do what you ought to do-for family and for community and for humanity as a whole.
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In Las Vegas, the magnitude is impressive, but the humanity is gone. It feels like you're being intimidated out of your money instead of inviting you to come have this experience.
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The underworld, the old world, is the womb that gave birth to humanity. The journey from under the earth is the journey from ignorance to wisdom.
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There is an old belief that solving environmental problems can only be achieved by first building enough economic wealth so we can 'afford to save the environment.' This 'Kuznets Curve' thinking has never been correct and must be abandoned once and for all if we are serious about economic development for a thriving humanity on Earth.
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To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties.
