Quotes about Humanity
Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
— Victor Hugo
Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
— Victor Hugo
Can man, created good by God, be made wicked by man?
— Victor Hugo
Our job as conscious humans is to bring the beauty and goodness of everything to full consciousness, to full delight, to full awareness.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.
— Dolly Parton
I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.
— DH Lawrence
The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.
— Max Lucado
Mankind was my business... charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.
— Charles Dickens
I never truly believed that human business was some serious thing.
— Albert Camus
Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.
— Max Lucado
True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.
— Pema Chodron