For Humanity Quotes

A devotion to humanity is... too easily equated with a devotion to a Cause, and Causes, as we know, are notoriously bloodthirsty.

I fear that we are beginning to design ourselves to suit digital models of us, and I worry about a leaching of empathy and humanity in that process.

I am aware that no man is a villain in his own eyes.

Is it not true that for every person the course of life is along the line of least resistance, and that in this the movement of humanity is like the movement of material bodies?

I like showing the gritty truthful dark side of humanity.

You will know the joy of action only when you are blissful by your own nature.

A guru is not a crutch, he is a bridge.

If you do not choose to become a steady source of blissfulness for yourself and everything around you, you will remain an immature life.

Humanity has been passing through a gray and desolate time of confusion.

In loving things and the being in them man should rather draw things up to the human level than reduce humanity to their measure.

There is an eternal humanity that crosses through all people, and it's more interesting often when it's about struggle - not people with champagne glasses.

The human is the only guilty animal.

I think art, at best, holds up a mirror to humanity.

Oh, the humanity.... It was a wonder Rhage hadn't blinded himself with all that pop culture.

You can certainly destroy enough of humanity so that only the greatest act of faith can persuade you that what's left will be human.

We have a democracy within the bounds of a constitution which provides certain guarantees related to the basic humanity of every person. I think that's the best way to go.

Ultimately we've only got humanity to work with. It's only clay we've got.

There are some great values in Christianity, but I think the values are located more deeply in our humanity than they are in our religion. There are certainly some survival values.

The history of humanity is not the history of its wars, but the history of its households.

The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else.

Paul Brunton was a great original and got to a place of personal evolution that illumines the pathways of a future humanity.

My vision is to elevate the consciousness of humanity one mind, one heart, one life, one spirit at a time. They are married.

Economics is on the side of humanity now.

Humanity is cutting down its forests, apparently oblivious to the fact that we may not be able to live without them.

All humanity could share a common insanity and be immersed in a common illusion while living in a common chaos. That can't be disproved, but we have no choice but to follow our senses.

If by religion we mean a belief in humanity rather than the gods, an effort to make man better and a little happier, then yes, I'm very religious.

They're fanatics. It's like expecting humanity from a falling rock. It's not going to have a fit of compassion and not crack your skull open.

Live Freaky! Die Freaky! will be, without a shadow of a doubt, the single greatest film of all time about Charles Manson being the savior to all humanity in the year 3069.

Socialism is humanity's second nature. All politicians do is turn human vice into votes.

Most of humanity gets by without reading novels or poetry, and no one would deny the richness of their thoughts.

For the professors in the academy, for the humanities generally, misery is more amenable to analysis: happiness is a harder nut to crack.

I'd like to believe there are people who are good, I know there are good Christians and good people from every faith who just want what's best for humanity.

Homosexuality has been around since humanity began and different societies at different times have reacted in a different manner.

The atheist worldview of life is a materialistic culture that frees humanity from superstition.

I believe I am doing the work for humanity. This show is so uplifting.

Dream of a society at peace with its conscience because it respects and lives in harmony with all life forms.

The United States will have the honour of proving experimentally, that true policy goes hand in hand with moderation and humanity.

The defining challenge of the 21st century will be to face the reality that humanity shares a common fate on a crowded planet.

I beseech you to treasure up in your hearts these my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.

No amount of money given in charity, nothing but the abandonment of this hateful trade, can atone for this great sin against God, Israel and Humanity.

Ah, Bartleby! Ah, humanity!

Those of us who always abhorred slavery as an atheistical iniquity, gladly we join in the exulting chorus of humanity over its downfall.

It is always possible that occasional individuals may have overstepped the law and humanity in treatment of criminals and those charged with crime, and if so, they should be severely punished.

The magic will which makes us see the other side of our natures-dream and disaster, catastrophe and fulfillment-is the great permanent challenge of humanity.

Human life is God's outer church. Its needs and urgencies are priests and pastors.

The notion that you do not negotiate with terrorists is not the history of humanity or of the world.

It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements.

When you boil war down or all conflict down to two people, its a great advert for humanity sometimes. People can find connections with each other, regardless of the bigger picture.

To having no self esteem to feeling wonderful about yourself doing what you love to do and making the money that you want to be making. That is my contribution to humanity.