Quotes about Humanity
Storytelling is not a luxury to humanity; it's almost as necessary as bread. We cannot imagine ourselves without it, because the self is a story.
— Margaret Atwood
How easy it is to invent humanity, for anyone at all. What an available temptation.
— Margaret Atwood
This is a pattern humankind has repeated many times over the course of its history. When there is a crisis, whether real or imagined, culprits—whether real or imagined—must be found and eliminated.
— Margaret Atwood
Once they tried to save something, others or their own souls.
— Margaret Atwood
The thing to remember is that there is nothing new about the society depicted in The Handmaid's Tale except the time and place. All of the things I have written about have been done before, more than once.
— Margaret Atwood
In this world you have to take your bits and ends of kindness where you can find them, as they do not grow on trees.
— Margaret Atwood
In any conflict between humanity and technology, humanity will win.
— Albert Einstein
Philosophy began when man ate the produce of the earth and suffered indigestion.
— Khalil Gibran
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.
— Francis Schaeffer
Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we're still one people, part of something bigger than ourselves.
— Barack Obama
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.
— Mother Teresa