Quotes about Humanity
Jesus teaches us to put the needs of the poor ahead of our own, our needs, even if legitimate, will never be so urgent as those of the poor, who lack the necessities of life.
— Pope Francis
Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the service of mankind. Shame on me.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
— Jimmy Carter
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
— Anne Frank
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
— Anne Frank
No one has ever become poor by giving.
— Anne Frank
In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.
— Anne Frank
Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
— Anne Frank
A hundred years for now? All new people.
— Anne Lamott
When the state imposes the death penalty, it proclaims that taking one human life counterbalances the taking of another life. This assumption is profoundly mistaken.
— Blase J. Cupich
Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
— Elie Wiesel
O Zeus, why did you give men certain ways to recognize false gold, when there's no mark, no token on the human body, to indicate which men are worthless.
— Euripides