Quotes about Humanity

My lord, it is easier for some men to be saints, than for others not to be sinners.

Let us waive that agitated national topic, as to whether such multitudes of foreign poor should be landed on our American shores; let us waive it, with the one only thought, that if they can get here, they have God's right to come; though they bring all Ireland and her miseries with them. For the whole world is the patrimony of the whole world; there is no telling who does not own a stone in the Great Wall of China.

Innumerable conditions must be exquisitely optimized for the support of humanity and of civilization. Many of them are highly time variable. Evidence showing that a wide variety of independent conditions all reached optimality during the identical narrow epoch when human beings appeared on the cosmic and terrestrial scene testifies of supernatural design and purpose rather than mere coincidence.

Only God possesses the love and wisdom necessary to deal with human pride in a consistently constructive manner.

Typically, preachers in our work-oriented society teach that God rested to provide humanity with a precedent for rest, an example for our good. Seldom have I heard mention of the other meaning for rest, the one used in musical notation. This meaning refers to cessation rather than recovery from weariness. Our enjoyment of music owes much to these brief pauses.

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

There is nothing remotely dignified about sorting through rotting trash to find something to feed your child, or asking someone for money because you have none (anyone who has contrived to give people money before they had to ask will never forget the look of gratitude in their eyes).

No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

Ubuntu really says if you want to be nice to yourself, start in a way by being nice to the other.

I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer.