HUMANITY QUOTES
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
― Mother Teresa
“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
― Ralph Ellison
“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”
― Gloria Steinem
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
— Mother Teresa
“Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.”
— Maya Angelou
“The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.”
— Jimmy Carter
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”
— Dalai Lama
“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”
— Thurgood Marshall
“For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?”
— bell hooks
“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. We all share the same basic values.”
— Kofi Annan
“Humanity is good. Some people are terrible and broken, but humanity is good. I believe that.”
— Hank Green
“We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.”
— Albert Einstein
“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”
— Gloria Steinem
“The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”
— Leo Tolstoy
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not.”
— Maya Angelou
“I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.”
— Billy Joel
“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.”
— Marie Curie
“What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly – that is the first law of nature.”
— Voltaire
“We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.”
— E. O. Wilson
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
— Desmond Tutu
“There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”
— Woodrow Wilson
“One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.”
— Joseph Campbell
“Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end.”
— Immanuel Kant
“Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”
― R.J. Palacio
“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
― Ralph Ellison
“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”
― Gloria Steinem
“God save us from people who mean well.”
― Vikram Seth
“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
― Oscar Wilde
“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
“There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.”
― C. JoyBell C
“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.”
― R.J. Palacio
“If you can’t draw close to the other and feel their humanity, then there won’t be any movement toward justice.”
— Ken Wytsma
“Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. You’re a world – everything is hidden in you.” — Hildegard of Bingen
“There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don’t come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.” — Isaac Asimov
“Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.” — Maria Montessori
“If you lose touch with nature you lose touch with humanity.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti
“The universe clearly operates for the benefit of humanity. This can be readily seen from the convenient way the sun comes up in the morning, when people are ready to start the day.” — Terry Pratchett
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“Humanity’s true moral test, its fundamental test consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.” — Milan Kundera
“The arts and humanities teach us who we are and what we can be. They lie at the very core of the culture of which we’re a part.” — Ronald Reagan
“To be a Baha’i simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood.” — Abdu’l-Bahá
“The liberation of the earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it’s the next step of peace that we need to create.” — Vandana Shiva
“Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it’s so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.” — Elie Wiesel
“I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.” — Rudyard Kipling
“The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity by contributing to the establishment of the kingdom of God, which can only be done by the recognition and profession of the truth by every man.” — Leo Tolstoy
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