Quotes about Humanity
The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy.
— John Quincy Adams
The earth incites the wonder and admiration of man even though he is imperfect and his understanding greatly limited.
— Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections their author.
— Samuel Johnson
All men are created equal.
— Thomas Jefferson
Be human in this most inhuman of ages; guard the image of man for it is the image of God.
— Thomas Merton
When a person does something, it has the man or woman look about it. It drips with humanity. You can follow the logic of it and see the meaning behind it.
— Charles Swindoll
The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.
— DH Lawrence
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
— Euripides
All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.
— Henry David Thoreau
All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.
— Henry David Thoreau
How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting.
— Albert Einstein