Quotes about Humanity

When we look to the unborn child, the real issue is not when life begins, but when love begins.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.

Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.

Show not yourself glad at the misfortune of another though he were your enemy.

I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it. And I'm trying to be a Christian. I'm always amazed when people walk up to me and say, 'I'm a Christian.' I always think, 'Already? You've already got it?' I'm working at it. And at my age, I'll still be working at it at 96.

Striving for equality and working together with people different from us is what America is all about, because beneath our differences we are bound by a common humanity we all share.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

We live in an imperfect world, and imperfect people surround us every day.

You can be a follower of Muhammad or Jesus or Buddha or whomever. Always, they said that the most essential factor is to love your neighbor. And to love you.

Ask yourself: if that is what Jesus is all about - that is, getting us to love one another - then why did everyone reject him?

In 'Huckleberry Finn,' I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was. He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had.