6,568 Quotes About Humanity

A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.

Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime—if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the start of something more—was more revitalizing than the cheap thrills of a cookie-cutter shallow, superficial romance, where the top priority was how beautiful a person was on the outside.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Improving the human condition takes little effort; destroying it takes maximum force.

Alas! in the clothes of the greatest potentate, what is there but a man?

When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by what has already been said and done. All your hope in life starts to depend on your craft, so you try to perfect it. One reason I stay isolated more than the average person is to keep my creativity as fierce as possible. Being the odd one out may have its temporary disadvantages, but more importantly, it has its permanent advantages.

Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life.

One man can not wage a war alone. Therefore if humanity stops agreeing to go to war; there will be only peace.

Nobody must be distracted in this fight for life, because out of all values, the most important one is life itself.