Quotes about Humanity
I am willing to love all of mankind, except an American.
— Samuel Johnson
... the main principle by which human beings must guide the future course of their development is love.
— Ashley Montagu
God could have programmed us as robots to do whatever he tells us, but then we'd never have the freedom to love and worship him.
— Craig Groeschel
Life's too short. We have to love each other.
— Drew Barrymore
There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved.
— Alice Walker
Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.
— Mother Teresa
As fallible humans, we usually slip too far over one edge or the other - all wrath and judgment or all grace and love.
— Eric Wilson
Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
— Carl Sagan
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
— Carl Sagan
Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex.
— Carl Sagan
Deluded or not, supporters of superstition and pseudoscience are human beings with real feelings, who, like the skeptics, are trying to figure out how the world works and what our role in it might be. Their motives are in many cases consonant with science. If their culture has not given them all the tools they need to pursue this great quest, let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped.
— Carl Sagan