Humanity Quotes

Humanity's become a product and when humanity is a product, you get Auschwitz and you get Chair.

Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity.

I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose.

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.

With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.

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.

My mission is a cosmic mission. My concern is for all of humanity, and not only this present world, but the world hereafter. My mission penetrates the past, present, and future, and encompasses all humanity.

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.

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.