Quotes about Unity
Humanity finds itself in the midst of the world. In the midst of all other creatures humanity is the most significant and yet the most dependent upon the others.
— Hildegard of Bingen
When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.
— Desmond Tutu
War is a defeat for humanity.
— Pope John Paul II
We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself.
— Barack Obama
None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
— Pope John Paul II
The church is her true self only when she exists for humanity.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Abortion is an attack on the family and the humanity that unites us all.
— Alveda King
We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it.
— Ayn Rand
The moment the organic unity of belief and behaviour is damaged in any way, we are incapable of living out the full humanity for which we were created.
— Eugene Peterson
I believe in the absolute oneness of God and therefore of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. . . . I know God is neither in heaven nor down below, but in everyone.
— Mahatma Gandhi
No people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
May all our contemporaries stand beside their brothers and sisters in humanity. Each one of you is called by Christ and must be a missionary of the Good News in word and in active charity.
— Pope Benedict XVI