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Humanity Quotes


"In a world of violence, Humanity needs more moments of confidence."


"We always will have some differences but still we could be happy and peaceful if we learn to love each other."


"All humans are sentient and sapient beings so they have the ability to perceive, think, and act using their knowledge, experience, insight, and conscience."


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


"It's the same struggle for each of us, and the same path out: the utterly simple, infinitely wise ultimately defiant act of loving one thing and then another, loving our way back to life... Maybe being perfectly happy is not really the point. Maybe that is only some modern American dream of the point, while the truer measure of humanity is the distance we must travel in our lives, time and again, "twixt two extremes of passion--joy and grief," as Shakespeare put it. However much I've lost, what remains to me is that I can still speak to name the things I love. And I can look for safety in giving myself away to the world's least losable things."


"Am I a friend or a prospect? Imagine how much kinder life would be if people put as much effort into befriending others instead of trying to sell them something."


"And just look at these men: their eye saith it - they know nothing better on earth than to be with a woman.Filth is at the bottom of their souls, and alas! If their filth hath spirit in it!"


"I had rather that the human race, having a certain quality in their lives, should continue for only a few centuries than that, losing freedom, friendship, dignity, and mercy, and learning to be quite content without them, they should continue for millions of millennia."


"Speakers, coaches, consultants, thought-leaders, experts, and authors who dedicate their professional lives for the love of humanity and the betterment of society are making a positive difference in the lives of millions. These messengers of hope make our entire world a better place through their love and generosity."


"Instead of narrowing our allegiances to only include our favored nation, let us sing an anthem to the marvelous human being."


"Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true purpose of humanity."


"You can hurt some of the people some of the time, you never can hurt all the people all the time but you can love all the people most of the time."



"You can't not help people just because they're stupid or forgetful or unpleasant... If I don't help them, who will?"


"Genuine people never seems to be in rush. In their conversation they make the other person feel special."


"After an awkward pause, Bast extended his hand. Chronicler hesitated for a bare moment before reaching out quickly, as if he were sticking his hand into a fire. Nothing happened, both of them seemed moderately surprised."Amazing, isn't it?" Kvothe addressed them bitingly. "Five fingers and flesh with blood beneath. One could almost believe that on the other end of that hand lay a person of some sort."


"Show me a person in my shoes who is looking for a robot, and I'll show you someone who is looking for a person and can't find one."


"When you pick a flower, you become so besotted in its beauty; you dare not judge how it became that way, let it be the same lesson for humans; Spread your light, not your pain."


"All progress of humanity happened because humans wanted to be loved and appreciated."


"Growing up is after all only the understanding that one's unique and incredible experience is what everyone shares."


"With your spare time and money, make a difference for those who can't afford a life."


"Sacrifice everything that is yours, to call up the humans in others."


"Every man is an evil until he falls in love."


"Let your thoughts and intentions always be forgiving and loving so that you may bring true peace to mankind."


"We human beings regard ourselves as (or compare ourselves to) animals only when it suits us."


"No one was ever born without that light or flame of life. Some event, some person stifles or drowns it altogether. I was always tempted to resuscitate such men by my own joyousness or luminosity.When I break glasses in a night club, as the Russians do, when my unconscious breaks out in wild rebellions, it is against life which has crippled these idealistic, romantic men. I respect these men, cold, pure, faithful, devoted, moral, delicate, sensitive, and unequal to life, more than I respect the tough-minded ones who return three blows to one received, who kill those who hurt them."



"I write poetry, worry, smile,laughsleepcontinue for a whilejust like most of usjust like all of us;sometimes I want to hug allMankind on earthand say,god damn all this that they've brought down on us,we are brave and goodeven though we are selfishand kill each other andkill ourselves,we are the peopleborn to kill and die and weep in dark roomsand love in dark rooms,and wait, andwait and wait and wait.we are the people.we are nothingmore."


"Humility is one of the best expressions of self respect."
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