Quotes about Humanity
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
— Confucius
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
— Confucius
A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.
— Confucius
Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
— Confucius
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.
— Confucius
If a man be without the virtues proper to humanity, what has he to do with music?
— Confucius
I know your kind, he said. What's wrong with you is wrong all the way through you.
— Cormac McCarthy
Every man's death is standing in for every other. And since death comes to all there is no way to abate the fear of it except to love the man who stands for us.
— Cormac McCarthy
If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay.
— Cormac McCarthy
Moral law is an invention of mankind for the disenfranchisement of the powerful in favor of the weak.
— Cormac McCarthy
Wolves cull themselves, man. What other creature could? And is the race of man not more predacious yet?
— Cormac McCarthy
The breath of God was his yet, though it pass from man to man through all of time.
— Cormac McCarthy