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.
I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.
Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.
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New is a trap, old is a cesspool. If you jump out of the cesspool into a new trap, that's not going to help
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in big trouble.
Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle earthword, downword, into the dark, the deep - into evil.
most of the education on the planet has become essentially a means to earn a living, not to enlarge your horizons
What is needed for humanity is clarity of perception. Where clarity is missing, people try to substitute confidence for clarity. Confidence without clarity is a disastrous thing
Making a prediction based on existing realities completely discounts the human potential to transform situations.
We are the only creature on the planet which has the freedom to shape its own life. It's this freedom which human beings are suffering. If one is suffering bondages then it's not a problem. If one is suffering freedom then it's a disaster
Morality has become important in society because people have forsaken their humanity. Morality is a poor substitute for Humanity
All material work is service to your fellow being, if done in the right spirit, and is therefore worthwhile
Man should concentrate on brotherhood. Each one should live for all, loving everyone else as his own.
Collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.
The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man
In the depths of my heart, I can't help being convinced that my dear fellow men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.
I love mankind... but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love a man in particular.
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
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.
Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.
Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.
I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.
Freedom is a Benediction if you are aware, Freedom is a curse if you are unaware. Humanity is suffering the Freedom, not Bondage, there is a way out of Bondage, there is no way out of Freedom.
Reaching out to another human being need not happen because you have taken a vow 'I am going to do it' keep your humanity active anyway it will happen
Empathy, Compassion, Love are consequences of a human being being in a certain way, you nurture the root, fruit will happen. Fruit is a consequence.
We are producing enough food enough for 17 Billion people, but we are only 7 Billion people, but close to half the population is starved, not because resource is lacking, simply because consciousness is lacking, we are still thinking 'YOU vs ME', we are not thinking 'WE'
Trying to fix the human societies with morality will only bring more and more deception, it kills life in so many different ways. Why are we trying to fix life with morality? Essentially because we have never bothered to stir up humanity.
when somebody is feeling very human, he doesn't need morality. He will be fine the way he is. But instead of being a human being, he becomes a Christian or a Hindu or a Muslim or an Indian or a Pakistani or some many things. So instead of a human identity he takes on a different identity. Now you can do most horrible things with great pride
When everybody's striving to live joyfully, if you are walking on the street infecting people with misery with a miserable face it must be on the penal code, You are working against humanity. If you walk on the street with a miserable face you are actually sabotaging the fundamental aspiration of human beings
If you function with your humanity, not fixing your actions but only looking for a consequence, that is best for everybody, whatever is needed you will do and that's how it should be
Instead of fixing your actions as good and bad, if you operate out of your humanity you are always looking for a good consequence for the maximum number of people. In that your actions will come out of your intelligence, not out of your morality.
People have put their humanity to sleep and trying to behave like human beings with morality and it's not working because everybody will come up with his own morality. And your kind of morality and another person's kind of morality is at war all the time. What is right and wrong, if you open this debate you will end up with a fight
So morality is just that, it's the first step towards insanity. You just have to stretch it; if you stretch it, you will go there (insanity)
If you stir up the humanity within you, you will do the most sensible thing that's needed for that moment and that's all that matters that your actions are in context with the realities in which you exist. And the context is always changing
Too many human beings are crippled either with fear or with guilt. This crippling of Humanity is passing off as Religion
One third of the food produced in the world gets wasted, while one in nine people don't have enough to eat. This is not a failure of agriculture - it is a failure of the human heart
Every step has become half a step for a large part of humanity because the fear of suffering has crippled them. Let it be a full stride always.
To be miserable is a horrible crime against yourself and against humanity. You only spread who you are
Using people and loving things. This is a complete misunderstanding of life. Things are for use. People are for love
Nature has evolved us to a higher level of intelligence and awareness, but we are refusing to accept the promotion
Youth is humanity in the making. If something is in the works, the more attention you pay to it, the better the product will be
If your humanity is in full flow, you will reach out to life around you. This is not morality - this is the nature of being human
It is the business of every human being, according to your intelligence, understanding, and situation, to do the best you can for yourself and everyone around you
If our humanity is functional, when someone is suffering, we spontaneously feel that we ought to do something about it. No one has to teach this to us
If you lose your humanity just because someone is doing something stupid in the world, have you done any good to yourself or the world that you live in?
People are identified with their nations, their religions, and their communities, but not with their humanity. If people were identified with their humanity, we could always sit down and talk, and finish these issues between us
The way we are treating half the humanity on the planet, it looks like we are hell's angels... we have left a large part of the human population in physical pain. Pain of hunger, disease, and injury.
Intelligence is the biggest blessing that a human being has, but right now it has become a curse upon humanity simply because the human being is not coming out as a well-coordinated being. He's dislocated the human being within himself. This intelligence is dangerous
A criminal is also concerned about human well-being, but his idea of humanity is just himself. Somebody's idea of humanity is him and his family; somebody else's idea of humanity is him and his country; somebody else's includes the whole world. Everybody is concerned about human well-being in different proportions.
Technology has made humanity into real giants. We are hugely empowered. Now, how we walk is very important. Otherwise, we will uproot everything.
Nations must have the courage, and the religions of the world must have the sense to see that increasing the population is going to be a disaster for all of us - for every creature on the planet, not just for humanity.
[About Religious Clashes] Religion should have made people Divine, but it is not even making them human.
Bitcoin is a tool for freeing humanity from oligarchs and tyrants, dressed up as a get-rich-quick scheme
We thought the Internet would unite humanity. Perhaps first it'll cluster people by groups and break nations built across tribal boundaries.
Those devotees are very dear to Me who are free from malice toward all living beings, who are friendly, and compassionate.
A true yogi may remain dutifully in the world; there, he is like butter on water and not like the easily-diluted milk of unchurned and undisciplined humanity
Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.
We are trying to replace humanity and human intelligence with morality and ethic, which is a very wrong way to conduct humanity
Science & Mysticism are converging lines. When the necessary intelligence arises in humanity, the two will merge
If you look at the world today, lies are mainstream - truth is a fringe phenomenon. Time to reverse this for Human fulfillment
Of many crimes that humans can perpetrate upon each other, the worst of all crimes is Heaven, the very idea that there is a better place than this. To destroy heavens and make this planet a Paradise is Mission One. Let's make it happen
Whether one manufactures a safety pin, a computer or a spaceship, or teaches people how to meditate, there is only one business in the world - human wellbeing
The greatest contribution that you can do to all around you is, Make yourself into a wonderful Human Being
It is time we work towards creating a world where every human being can blossom and be like a flower, bursting with love and ecstasy.
My integrity is not of Morality but of my Humanity. In thought, emotion and action if you include well-being of all, do whatever you want
There are no disasters in nature, we are the only disaster on this planet, if we fix that one thing, everything is going to be okay
Human is not a resource. Human being are a tremendous possibility. If we approach human beings as resource, then we will never unfold their innate genius
A human being never realizes the nature of who he or she is unless mortality is hanging in their face
Being human is super if only you learn to use your humanity & this human mechanism as a possibility, not as a barrier
When a person suffers, it is natural for another person to be sensitive to his suffering. This much sensitivity and this much humanity exists in everyone. But we have put our sensitivity and our humanity out of action
Humanity will eventually eradicate all viral diseases, as our memetic defense evolves much faster than their biological offense.
I don't know if this generation is the last mortal generation, or the last one before we blow ourselves up.
Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and gifted people.