Humanity Quotes
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My mother had abandoned the family, so grandmother raised me. And she was instrumental in that she taught me that the world is a glorious place. She taught me to embrace humanity. And she'd say there's never an excuse for joy. And to be thankful.
Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not blind faith, moves me. My operations are based on experience, thoughtful observation and warm fellowship with my neighbors at home and around the world.
Walt Disney
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Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of living in this way. Therefore not only does the system alienate humanity, but at the same time alienated humanity supports this system as its own involuntary master plan, as a degenerate image of its own degeneration, as a record of people's own failure as individuals.
Vaclav Havel
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Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.
Ian Mcewan
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Politics is in a crisis because it's separated from our deep humanity.
Marianne Williamson
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Various religious systems have been given to humanity at different times, each suited to meet the spiritual needs of the people among whom it was promulgated, and, coming from the same divine source: - God, all religions exhibit similar fundamentals or first principles.
Max Heindel
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If you can find a way to confound people's prejudices, restore the humanity of people, individuals, you restore them to life.
Jon Lee Anderson
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We need visions of a future in which we have applied our infinite creativity to the task of living on a finite world, where we have embraced our role, become comfortable and proficient as planet-shapers, and learned to use our technological skills to enhance the survival prospects not just of humanity but of all life on Earth.
David Grinspoon
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Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment.... Humanity is in 'final exam' as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in Universe.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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Aliens didn't come down to Earth and give us technology. We invented it ourselves. Therefore it can never be alienating; it can only be an expression of our humanity.
Douglas Coupland
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It's easy to lose the humanity when you start showcasing tech.
Chris Milk
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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
Desmond Tutu
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I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples.
Frank B. Kellogg
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The totalitarians in the world are very, very small. Only the smallest part of humanity wishes and acts upon the destruction of others. The pluralists are far larger. Those of us who believe in a world where we live together - we're far larger. The problem is we haven't made our case compelling across the world yet.
Eboo Patel
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Mankind will not be reasoned out of the feelings of humanity.
William Blackstone
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In obedience to humanity, the King of the universe come down from heaven! In obedience to humanity, he lives imprisoned on the altar! I shall not resist. He allows humans to keep him wherever they wish-in monstrance or tabernacle; to carry him in procession; to bring him into the homes of the sick and dying; to dispense him to all, whether saint or sinner. The gospel tells how marvelously he obeyed Mary and Joseph. Today he obeys every priest in the world.
Alphonsus Liguori
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
Joseph Addison
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Rationality is not one of humanity’s strong points.
John Scalzi
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If I had my will I would live in a ship on the sea, and never come nearer to humanity than that!
Eleonora Duse
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The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?
Len Wein
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I decided it is better to scream. . . . Silence is the real crime against humanity.
Nadezhda Mandelstam
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The world is a bad place. There are many wonderful people, but on the whole, humanity basically stinks.
Dennis Prager
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What is important to me is that the world understand that the problems of the Dead Sea concern not only residents of the region but humanity.
Jean-Michel Jarre
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We are all members of a single humanity, inside our hearts we all speak the same language, we all love our children and our parents, we all live in the same world.
Marc Forne Molne