Quotes about Humanity
Children will still die unjustly even in a perfect society. Even by his greatest effort, man can only propose to diminish, arithmetically, the sufferings of the world.
— Albert Camus
It was not for societies or states, that Christ died, but for men.
— CS Lewis
Man is the mirror God holds up to himself, the sense organ with which he apprehends his being.
— Carl Jung
But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
For God's sake, let us be men not monkeys minding machines or sitting with our tails curled while the machine amuses us, the radio or film or gramophone. Monkeys with a bland grin on our faces.
— DH Lawrence
Some have more capacity. Some proceed a few steps along the way. But Christ seemed to love all men. He desired all to be saved.
— Dorothy Day
The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
When he has lost all hope, all object in life, man becomes a monster in his misery.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.
— Albert Schweitzer
A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money to help others.
— Andrew Carnegie