Quotes about Humanity

4) But only man knows consciously and rationally, and only man's loves can be conscious and rational and responsible through free will.

angelism, confusing man with an angel by denying his likeness to animals, and animalism, confusing man with an animal by denying his likeness to angels.

More accurately stated, man is not both angel and animal because he is neither angel nor animal; he is between angels and animals, a unique rung on the cosmic ladder.

His divinity existed without His humanity before the Incarnation, but ever since the Incarnation His humanity is joined forever to His divinity. His Ascension was not the undoing of His Incarnation.

This is what God did in the Incarnation. Being became a being, the Subject became an object, God became a man, I AM became a He.

Our feelings of sympathy do not embrace all of humanity in equal measure. Some human beings matter to us. We care intensely about their well-being. Others do not matter very much, and still others do not matter at all. This is a hard saying, and may be difficult to accept but it is obviously and undeniably true.

Violence has followed our species every step of the way in its long journey through time.

Science is a tool, and if we were an esentially kind and peaceful species, it would not occur to us to use this tool for destructive purposes.

We are all the same inside. We have the same heartaches and joys, the same fears and ambitions. Money doesn't change who we are.

Justice this side of heaven is a myth. It's not our job anyway. Real justice belongs to God.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.