Mankind Quotes

I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.

Mankind must give up war in the Atomic Era. What is at stake is the life or death of humanity.

You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.

The modern computer with all its various gadgets and wonderful electronic facilities now makes it possible to preserve and reinvigorate all the cultural richness of mankind.

The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.

Like the crow among mankind are the Zanj [African Blacks] for they are the worst of men and the most vicious of creatures in character and temperament.

Truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of mankind

Losing is like smoking. It's habit forming”; “Fear is the basis of all mankind. In cards, you psyche 'em out, you shark 'em, you put the fear of God in 'em

In the common run of mankind, for one that is wise and good you find ten of a contrary character.

Historical truth is that, and that alone, which reveals the forces that go to mould the social life of mankind.

Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!

In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.

There are such repulsive faces in the world.

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do.

Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything.

When mankind pushes, natures sometimes pushes back

The man of science, like the man of letters, is too apt to view mankind only in the abstract, selecting in his consideration only a single side of our complex and many-sided being.

Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness.

There is no devil in the universe except mankind's own inharmonious thoughts & feelings, both individual and enmass.

The realisation that our small planet is only one of many worlds gives mankind the perspective it needs to realise sooner that our own world belongs to all its creatures.

Christmas is waiting to be born: in you, in me, in all mankind.

Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.

For most of the wild things on earth, the future must depend on the conscience of mankind.

The fates have given mankind a patient soul.

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

Religion is the venereal disease of mankind.

When I observe other animals, I understand their behavior. I can't say the same for mankind.

Alone, alone, about the dreadful wood / Of conscious evil runs a lost mankind, / Dreading to find its Father.

A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.

We protest solemnly in the face of mankind, that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor.

The learned man's life itself shines as the message for mankind.

In times of danger large groups rise to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, courage and sacrifice . . . Mankind will be refashioned and history rewritten when this law is understood and obeyed.

One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we'll have her forever.

It may be broadly stated that.....of all animals kept for the recreation of mankind the horse is alone capable of exciting a passion that shall be absolutely hopeless.

Omnicompetence,' the ability to obtain whatever one wants or needs, is an unattainable but continuously approachable ideal for all mankind - past, present, and future.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!

My idealism is clearly one reason I'm an artist. I see art as one of mankind's more sublime acts, as a vital counterbalance to our base impulses .

All the kindness which a man puts out into the world works on the heart and thoughts of mankind.

Let observation with observant view, Observe mankind from China to Peru.

Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I'm human

Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.

I believe the power to make money is a gift from God...to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.

If there is no sarcasm, there's no true love towards the mankind

Through Self-realization man becomes aware of true values as to his place in the divine plan and his relation to the past, present, and future of mankind.

One picture in ten thousand, perhaps, ought to live in the applause of mankind, from generation to generation until the colors fade and blacken out of sight or the canvas rot entirely away.

There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property.