Quotes about Humanity
Audax omnia perpeti Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas.
— John Owen
You can't live a perfect day unless you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
— John Wooden
People are generally irrational, unreasonable and selfish. They deserve to be loved, anyway.
— Mother Teresa
Christmas is a holiday that we celebrate not as individuals nor as a nation, but as a human family.
— Ronald Reagan
Let us impart all the blessings we possess, or ask for ourselves, to the whole family of mankind.
— George Washington
Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and likeness of a Maker.
— JRR Tolkien
What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
— Catherine of Siena
False gods - the gods of human understanding - despise sinners, but the Father of Jesus loves all, no matter what they do. But of course this is almost too incredible for us to accept.
— Brennan Manning
Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.
— CS Lewis
Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and evil
— Seneca
I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility.
— Maya Angelou