Humanity Quotes

In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity.

The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from the hearts of humanity.

The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity.

In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival.

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.

One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.

We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings.

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

The problems of all of humanity can only be solved by all of humanity.

For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity.

Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.

With reference to other religions, the Church sees a great difference between them and herself. The other religions are expressions of the human soul seeking God, with some beautiful spiritual insights, but also not without errors. Christianity is rather God seeking humanity.

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else.

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.

My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations.

To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else.

We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.

We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity.

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief.

There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man.

Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.