460 Humanity Quotes That Will Inspire You To Change The World

Politeness is the flower of humanity. Joseph Joubert

Pray for your health first, then pray for humanity. Maxime Lagacé

Humanity should be our race. Love should be our religion. Unknown

Be a good human being, a warm hearted, affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. 14th Dalai Lama

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. Mother Teresa

Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people. Roy T. Bennett

Kindness is the best form of humanity. Doris Lee

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. Rosa Parks

The next evolutionary step for humankind is to move from man to kind. Unknown

Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people stand up for others. Unknown

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. Thomas Paine

The more we take, the less there is for future generations. Phil Kingston

All I have is a sense of duty toward all people and an attachment to those with whom I have become intimate. Albert Einstein

Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential. Peace Pilgrim

We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things. Stephen Hawking

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We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings. Albert Einstein

I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. Jackie Robinson

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. Plato

One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. Malala Yousafzai

Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity. Marie Curie

Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity. Ralph Nader Click to tweet

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy

I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains. Anne Frank

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed. Mahatma Gandhi Click to tweet

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. Leo Tolstoy Click to tweet

The simplest way to be happy is to do good. Helen Keller

Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back. Arthur Rubinstein Click to tweet

I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. Malcolm X

Angry people want you to see how powerful they are. Loving people want you to see how powerful you are. Chief Red Eagle

I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being-that is enough for me; he can’t be any worse. Mark Twain

We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. Charlie Chaplin

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Martin Luther King Jr

We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers. Martin Luther King Jr

Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart. Rumi

To be a man is to feel that one’s own stone contributes to building the edifice of the world. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Desmond Tutu

This is my creed: Happiness is the only good; reason the only torch; justice the only worship, humanity the only religion, and love the only priest. Robert Green Ingersoll

I am constantly preoccupied with how to remove distance so that we can all come closer together, so that we can all begin to sense we are the same, we are one. David Hockney

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. Martin Luther King Jr

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. Theodore Roosevelt

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. William Hazlitt

No religion is higher than humanity. Abdul Sattar Edhi

Humanity is so much more than the sum of humans. Unknown

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The Most Famous Humanity Quotes (Rosa Parks, Gandhi, Luther King Jr, etc.)

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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Helen Keller Click to tweet

Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. Neil Armstrong

The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies. We are so insignificant that I can’t believe the whole universe exists for our benefit. That would be like saying that you would disappear if I closed my eyes. Stephen Hawking

Embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important. Pope Francis

The great moral teachers of humanity were in a way artistic geniuses in the art of living. Albert Einstein

The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything. Albert Einstein

The future of humanity is in our hands. 14th Dalai Lama

Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity. Maya Angelou

If our tears do not lead us to act then we have lost the reason of our humanity, which is compassion. 14th Dalai Lama

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future. Nelson Mandela

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. Nelson Mandela

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. We all share the same basic values. Kofi Annan

My friends, our challenge today is not to save Western civilization – or Eastern, for that matter. All civilization is at stake, and we can save it only if all peoples join together in the task. Kofi Annan Click to tweet

In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share. Barack Obama (On Japan, March 17, 2011)

This is American leadership at its best. We stand with people who fight for their own freedom, and we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity. Barack Obama

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. Theodore Roosevelt

The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. Jimmy Carter

You want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family, and the people around you. Oprah Winfrey

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women mearly players. William Shakespeare

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. Desmond Tutu

Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity. Confucius

You must not lose faith in humanity. Mahatma Gandhi Click to tweet

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi

The golden way is to be friends with the world and to regard the whole human family as one. Mahatma Gandhi

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. Martin Luther King Jr

We must all learn to live together as brothers or we will all perish together as fools. Because of our involvement in humanity we must be concerned about every human being. Martin Luther King Jr

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock. Sigmund Freud

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. Oscar Wilde

Each person must live their life as a model for others. Rosa Parks

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Comedy is the only hope for humanity. Roseanne Barr

Think higher, feel deeper. Elie Wiesel Click to tweet

Humanity needs to weep, and this is the time to weep. Pope Francis

Truth is on the side of the oppressed. Malcolm X

The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization. Karen Horney

The moment we stop fighting for each other, that’s the moment that we lose our humanity. Adrian Hemlsley (In the movie “2012”)

The human race has improved everything, but the human race. Adlai E. Stevenson

It’s all about humanity, humility, and integrity. Debra Wilson

We are not broken, we are just unfinished. Dawna Markova

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man. Adam Smith

The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. Madame de Stael

God must love the common man, he made so many of them. Abraham Lincoln

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. Marie Curie

Every step we take on earth brings us to a new world. Federico Garcia Lorca

My humanity is a constant self-overcoming. Friedrich Nietzsche

The only real nation is humanity. Paul Farmer

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. Pema Chodron

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Unknown (Submitted by the Wisdom Quotes Community)

You don’t need a reason to help people. Unknown

Sometimes a hug is worth more than a thousand words. Unknown

I am not a human being; I am a human becoming. Unknown

Be the reason someone smiles today. Unknown

I would never trust a man who didn’t cry. Norman Schwarzkopf Click to tweet

The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries. Georg Buchner

The planet is fine. The people are fucked. George Carlin

To err is human, to forgive, divine. Alexander Pope

Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire. Thomas Keneally

All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others. Desmond Tutu

Let’s be better humans. Unknown

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If you want to awaken all of humanity, awaken all of yourself. Lao Tzu Click to tweet

Humanity’s best works are still ahead, in every single field, and this is likely to remain true for thousands of years. François Chollet

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. Malala Yousafzai

We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage. Malala Yousafzai

At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can. Frida Kahlo

Progress is the attraction that moves humanity. Marcus Garvey

We have to do the best we are capable of. This is our sacred human responsibility. Albert Einstien

This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people. Walt Whitman

People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book. Malcolm X

Our most important task as a nation is to make sure all our young people can achieve their dreams. Barack Obama

One of the biggest lies in the story of humanity is the lie of our imperfection. Miguel Angel Ruiz

The world is truly beautiful solely in the eyes of a true philosopher. Kedar Joshi

Part 1. A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. Albert Einstein

Part 2. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. Albert Einstein

Part 3. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Albert Einstein

Part 4. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Albert Einstein

We must see in every person a universe with its own secrets, with its own treasures, with its own sources of anguish, and with some measure of triumph. Elie Wiesel

Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world. Elie Wiesel

Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world. Aung San Suu Kyi

Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness. R.J. Palacio

Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world. Margaret Laurence

To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control, that can lead you to be shattered in very extreme circumstances for which you were not to blame. That says something very important about the condition of the ethical life: that it is based on a trust in the uncertain and on a willingness to be exposed; it’s based on being more like a plant than like a jewel, something rather fragile, but whose very particular beauty is inseparable from that fragility. Martha Nussbaum

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. Edmund Burke

I don’t believe in people just hoping. We work for what we want. I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor. Aung San Suu Kyi

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground. Rosa Parks

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically … No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in. Rosa Parks

We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world – introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably – that the best way of knowing the inwardness of our neighbors is to know ourselves. Walter Lippmann (See also: introvert quotes)

The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better. Helen Keller

I’ve found that there is always some beauty left – in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself. Anne Frank

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age. Aung San Suu Kyi

One person of integrity can make a difference. Elie Wiesel

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful. Brené Brown

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I believe that mankind’s destiny lies in the stars. Neil Gaiman Click to tweet

All human eyes have longing in them. Ernesto Cardenal

We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced. Malala Yousafzai

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. Horace Mann Click to tweet

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others. Rosa Parks

Enjoying the joys of others and suffering with them – these are the best guides for men. Albert Einstein

Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous as it is, only through devoting himself to society. Albert Einstein

My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced lack of need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities. Albert Einstein

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Louis Pasteur

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence. Charles Bukowski

The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Stephen Biko

How many disasters do we need to unite humanity. Loesje

I love mankind; it’s people I can’t stand. Charles M. Schulz

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity. Walter Savage Landor

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. George Orwell

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. George Washington Carver

Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end. Immanuel Kant

What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven. Chuck Palahniuk

All things in this vast universe exist in you, with you, and for you. Kahlil Gibran Click to tweet

Is man’s civilization only a wrappage, through which the savage nature of him can still burst, infernal as ever? Thomas Carlyle

What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle. Stephen King

In times of danger large groups rise to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, courage and sacrifice… Mankind will be refashioned and history rewritten when this law is understood and obeyed. Helen Keller

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Human beings seem to be a poor invention. If they are the noblest works of God where is the ignoblest? Mark Twain

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. Thomas Paine

Humanity is the refuse of spirit. James Lendall Basford

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We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane. Kurt Vonnegut Click to tweet

I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth, and not ruled by it. Pope Francis

People have become educated but have not become human. Abdul Sattar Edhi

Dream for a better world and for a better humanity, not for a better car and a bigger house. Thibaut

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual. Albert Einstein

If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent. Warren Buffett

I’m not impressed by money, social status or job title. I’m impressed by the way someone treats other human beings. Unknown

There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure. Henry Ward Beecher

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Helen Keller

The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful. Alfred Adler

It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements. Henry Rollins

Just be good. I’m good. Not because I think I’ll go to heaven but because when I do something bad, I feel bad. And when I do something good, I feel good. Ricky Gervais

While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves. Pema Chodron

We can become extremely wise and sensitive to all of humanity and the whole universe simply by knowing ourselves, just as we are. Pema Chodron

Being human is given. But keeping our humanity is a choice. Unknown

I am not religious. I am a humanist because human beings are more important than dogma an traditions. Unknown

The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe. Kahlil Gibran Click to tweet

Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking. Theodore Roosevelt

Wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principles. Mahatma Gandhi

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it. Albert Einstein

Take care that you don’t treat inhumanity as it treats human beings. Marcus Aurelius

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. Oscar Wilde

There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher. Victor Hugo

You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. George Bernard Shaw

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Humanity Quotes About Hope, Belief, Faith

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Even if I am a girl, even if people think I can’t do it, I should not lose hope. Malala Yousafzai Click to tweet

Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another. Elie Wiesel

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. Elie Wiesel

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller

As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time. E.B. White

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller

Love, hope, fear, faith – these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character. Robert Browning

There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status. Nelson Mandela

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. Joseph Addison

Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he refused to give up. Barack Obama

The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people. Barack Obama

We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure. Samuel Johnson

Socrates, indeed, when he was asked of what country he called himself, said, “Of the world”; for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. Ralph Ellison

Only life suffered can transform a symphony from a collection of notes into a message of humanity. Dimitris Mitropoulos

I think that we have to treat the people we share our community with, with respect. David Attenborough

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. Anne Frank

Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again. Anne Frank

It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes. Aung San Suu Kyi

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Humanity Quotes About Love, Compassion, Showing Humanity

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Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it. Anais Nin Click to tweet

In abstract love of humanity one almost always only loves oneself. Fyodor Dostoevsky

I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity. Fyodor Dostoevsky

Love humanity? Start with one person. Gabriel Laub

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. Thurgood Marshall

Don’t be the reason someone feels insecure. Be the reason someone feels seen, heard and supported. Cleo Wade

I don’t want to just love my family; I want to love all of humanity. Alejandro Jodorowsky

The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. Vincent van Gogh

Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Martin Luther King Jr

If the only prayer you say throughout your life is “Thank You,” then that will be enough. Elie Wiesel

You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right. Aung San Suu Kyi

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is. Margaret Bourke-White

One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, “I love you”, “I’m sorry”, “I appreciate you”, “I’m proud of you”…whatever you’re feeling. Steve Maraboli

I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead. Kurt Vonnegut

Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being. Marshall B. Rosenberg

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves. Malcolm X

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind. Mahatma Gandhi

I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom. Rosa Parks

People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness. Anne Frank

Part 1. Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Andrew Boyd

Part 2. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors. Andrew Boyd

The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be. Alain de Botton

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else. Charles Dickens Click to tweet

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself. Henry David Thoreau

We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. Theodore Roosevelt

We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself. Barack Obama

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. Elie Wiesel

When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude. Elie Wiesel

Mankind was my business… charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business. Charles Dickens

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. Bertrand Russell

Hurt people hurt people. That’s how pain patterns gets passed on, generation after generation. Break the chain today. Meet anger with sympathy, contempt with passion, cruelty with kindness. Greet grimaces with smiles. Forgive and forget about finding fault. Love is the weapon of the future. Yehuda Berg

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. Anne Frank

So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity. Andre Gide

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Quotes About Humanity, Peace, Kindness, Respect, Service

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If you are feeling helpless, help someone. Aung San Suu Kyi Click to tweet

Peace, like charity, begins at home. Franklin D. Roosevelt

My work is about helping humanity. Agnes Denes

I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people. Rosa Parks

Looking at the earth from afar you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for co-operation. Yuri Gagarin (First human to journey into outer space)

A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered. Felix Adler

Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace. 14th Dalai Lama

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now. Jack Kerouac

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. John Bunyon

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace. Franklin D. Roosevelt

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Elie Wiesel

No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. Elie Wiesel

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share. Elie Wiesel

It’s unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn’t have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They’re kinder. Emma Thompson

If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, there must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, there must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, there must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, there must be peace in the heart. Lao Tzu

Who so lives for humanity must be content to lose himself. Octavius Brooks Frothingham

Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity. Wole Soyinka Click to tweet

Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one’s heart. Sai Baba

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity. Malcolm X

To treat anyone as if they were less than human, less than a brother or a sister, no matter what they have done, is to contravene the very laws of our humanity. Desmond Tutu

The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is to me one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human. Ellen Key

Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in the world. Kindness, can change the lives of people. Aung San Suu Kyi

People should never think that you have to be a very special person to help those who need you. Miep Gies

Humanity’s next state is rising above ourselves for the sake of our common unity. Unknown

By serving humanity, I automatically serve myself. Vironika Tugaleva

I shall remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace. Peace Pilgrim

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. Henry Miller

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Quotes About Humanity, Nature, Animals

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Be kind to all creatures. This is the true religion. Buddha Click to tweet

Those who teach the most about humanity, aren’t always humans. Donald L. Hicks

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. Thomas Fuller

There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself. Pope Francis

For my part, I am not so sure at bottom that man is, as he says, the king of nature; he is far more its devastating tyrant. I believe he has many things to learn from animal societies, older than his own and of infinite variety. Romain Rolland

We’re animals. We’re born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts. Barbara Kingsolver

Humanity’s true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. Milan Kundera

Man is the only trained animal who expects his reward before he does his trick. Robert Brault

Man – despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments – owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains. Paul Harvey

Our origins are of the earth. And so there is in us a deeply seated response to the natural universe, which is part of our humanity. Rachel Carson

People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel. Fyodor Dostoevsky

Men! The only animal in the world to fear. D.H. Lawrence

To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. Mahatma Gandhi

Nature does not deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Quotes About Humanity, Cynicism, Truth, Losing Faith, Negativity 🙁

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If you cannot find faith in humanity, be the faith in humanity. Unknown Click to tweet

Man is nature’s sole mistake. W.S. Gilbert

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded. Gustave Flaubert

Rooting against human progress, no matter how well intentioned, is a recipe for personal misery. Naval Ravikant

Humanity is the sin of God. Theodore Parker

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. Andy Rooney

If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. Malcolm X

Once I thought that to be human was the highest aim a man could have, but I see now that it was meant to destroy me. Today I am proud to say that I am inhuman, that I belong not to men and governments, that I have nothing to do with creeds and principles. I have nothing to do with the creaking machinery of humanity – I belong to the earth! Henry Miller

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. Joseph Baretti

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. Don Marquis Click to tweet

The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular. Fyodor Dostoevsky

In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless. Sigmund Freud

Part 1. We’re so self-important. So arrogant. Everybody’s going to save something now. George Carlin

Part 2. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save the snails. And the supreme arrogance? Save the planet! Are these people kidding? Save the planet? George Carlin

Part 3. We don’t even know how to take care of ourselves; we haven’t learned how to care for one another. We’re gonna save the fuckin’ planet? George Carlin

Part 4. And, by the way, there’s nothing wrong with the planet in the first place. The planet is fine. The people are fucked! George Carlin

Part 5. Compared with the people, the planet is doin’ great. It’s been here over four billion years… George Carlin

Part 6. The planet isn’t goin’ anywhere, folks. We are! We’re goin’ away. Pack your shit, we’re goin’ away. George Carlin

Part 7. And we won’t leave much of a trace. Thank God for that. Nothing left. Maybe a little Styrofoam. The planet will be here, and we’ll be gone. George Carlin

There’s degradation of the environment. But the real issue is the degradation of one’s inner environment. Frederick Lenz

Humanity is on the march, earth itself is left behind. David Ehrenfeld

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. John F. Kennedy

Quotes About Lack Of Humanity, Ego, Selfishness 🙁

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When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. Desmond Tutu Click to tweet

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies. Elie Wiesel

Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things. Terry Pratchett

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike. J.K. Rowling

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. H. L. Mencken

A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment. Albert Einstein

We are challenged to rise above the narrow confines of our individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. Martin Luther King Jr

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are perverse creatures and never satisfied. Nan Fairbrother

Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity. F. Sionil Jose

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. Pearl S. Buck

Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, and religion. John Arnos Comenius

One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu – the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can’t exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can’t be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality – Ubuntu – you are known for your generosity. Desmond Tutu

We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole World. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity. Desmond Tutu

What can become of him if he is in such bondage to the habit of satisfying the innumerable desires he has created for himself? He is isolated, and what concern has he with the rest of humanity? They have succeeded in accumulating a greater mass of objects, but the joy in the world has grown less. Fyodor Dostoevsky

I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world’s deepest inequities… on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. Bill Gates

Who are we as human beings if we ignore the suffering of others? Unknown

Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people. Roy T. Bennett

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. George Bernard Shaw

Man uses his intelligence less in the care of his own species than he does in his care of anything else he owns or governs. Abraham Meyerson

Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied. Mark Twain

You don’t have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman. Eldridge Cleaver

Man – a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. Alexander Hamilton

There are too many people, and too few human beings. Robert Zend

Men are cruel, but Man is kind. Rabindranath Tagore

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Quotes About Humanity, Human Rights, Racism, Feminism, Freedom

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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning. Benazir Bhutto Click to tweet

Gay rights are human rights. Hillary Clinton

Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation. Coretta Scott King

Kids know nothing about racism. They’re taught that by adults. Ruby Bridges

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others. Will Rogers

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. Nelson Mandela

There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take… The line between reason and madness grows thinner. Rosa Parks

As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin. Rosa Parks

I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black. Rosa Parks

All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual toward freedom. Albert Einstein

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. Gloria Steinem

I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. I’m not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to say I’m right. I am just trying—trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself. Roxane Gay

The more people know about their rights, and the rights of others in society, the better equipped they are to protect them. Salil Shetty

Though we are all human beings, we have built walls between ourselves and our neighbors through nationalism, through race, caste, and class – which again breeds isolation, loneliness. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Where do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Eleanor Roosevelt

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. Mahatma Gandhi

Oppression involves a failure of the imagination: the failure to imagine the full humanity of other human beings. Margaret Atwood

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free. Rosa Parks Click to tweet

I don’t want to be thought of as “the girl who was shot by the Taliban”, but “the girl who fought for education”. This is the cause to which I want to devote my life. Malala Yousafzai

Part 1. I look forward confidently to the day when all who work for a living will be one with no thought to their separateness as Negroes, Jews, Italians or any other distinctions. Martin Luther King Jr

Part 2. This will be the day when we bring into full realization the American dream – a dream yet unfulfilled. Martin Luther King Jr

Part 3. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few. Martin Luther King Jr

Part 4. A dream of a land where men will not argue that the color of a man’s skin determines the content of his character. Martin Luther King Jr

Part 5. A dream of a nation where all our gifts and resources are held not for ourselves alone, but as instruments of service for the rest of humanity. Martin Luther King Jr

Part 6. The dream of a country where every man will respect the dignity and worth of the human personality. Martin Luther King Jr

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Charles Dickens

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. Desmond Tutu

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. Desmond Tutu

Men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn’t women have their share? Anne Frank

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn’t stop you from having your own opinion. Anne Frank

Freedom is never granted. It is earned by each generation… in the face of tyranny, cruelty, oppression, extremism, sometimes there is only one choice. When the world looks to America, America looks to you, and you never let her down. Hillary Clinton

So here I stand. So here I stand, one girl, among many. I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated. Malala Yousafzai

Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity. Desmond Tutu

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. Desmond Tutu

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. Aung San Suu Kyi

History is a record of the incessant struggle of humanity against ignorance and oppression. Helen Keller

All of humanity is searching for truth, justice, and beauty. Miguel Angel Ruiz

Quotes About Humanity, Art, Education

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Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity. Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Click to tweet

My painting carries with it the message of pain. Frida Kahlo

I hope I shall be able to make some drawings in which there is something human. Vincent Van Gogh

The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. T.S. Eliot

Whatever helps to shape the human being – to make the individual what he is, or hinder him from being what he is not – is part of his education. John Stuart Mill

Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity. Christopher Paolini

The fundamental rights of [humanity] are, first: the right of habitation; second, the right to move freely; third, the right to the soil and subsoil, and to the use of it; fourth, the right of freedom of labor and of exchange; fifth, the right to justice; sixth, the right to live within a natural national organization; and seventh, the right to education. Albert Schweitzer

See also: Why art has the power to change the world

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. Criss Jami

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all. Walt Whitman

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. Marie Curie

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made. Immanuel Kant

Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. Honore de Balzac

Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express. Brenda Ueland

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Quotes About Humanity, Society, Mankind, The Human Race

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Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished. Nelson Mandela Click to tweet

The human race is governed by its imagination. Napoleon Bonaparte

The fact that everybody in the world dreams every night ties all mankind together. Jack Kerouac

Humanity can live without science, it can live without bread, but it cannot live without beauty. Without beauty, there would be nothing left to do in this life. Here the secret lies. Here lies the entire story. Fyodor Dostoevsky

I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight. Malcolm X

We are not only all responsible for each other’s security. We are also, in some measure, responsible for each other’s welfare. Kofi Annan

10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction. Susan Sontag

Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe

The highest reach of civilization is a seamless system of trust among all parties concerned. Shane Parrish

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them. Virginia Woolf

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one ‘race’ – the human race – and that we are all members of it. Margaret Atwood

We are all connected. When one arm or foot is poisoned, the whole body becomes infected. Suzy Kassem

Every human being is a problem in search of a solution. Ashley Montagu

The human mind is not a terribly logical or consistent place. Jim Butcher

All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. Seán O’Casey

See also: 15 Ways to Become a Better Person

Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws. Baron de Montesquieu

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. Bertrand Russell

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability. Oscar Wilde

Part 1. The human race may be compared to a writer. At the outset a writer has often only a vague general notion of the plan of his work, and of the thought he intends to elaborate. Felix Adler

Part 2. As he proceeds, penetrating his material, laboring to express himself fitly, he lays a firmer grasp on his thought; he finds himself. Felix Adler

Part 3. So the human race is writing its story, finding itself, discovering its own underlying purpose, revising, recasting a tale pathetic often, yet none the less sublime. Felix Adler

Doesn’t make any difference who we are or what we are, there’s always somebody to look down on. Mark Twain Click to tweet

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Ernest Hemingway

Human kind cannot bear much reality. T. S. Eliot

Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions. Charles Caleb Colton

For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us. Donald Williams

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel. Augustus Hare

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. Benjamin Franklin

I care about the human race, and I strive to understand it. Janice Tanton

Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation. Eric Maisel

Quotes About Humanity, Technology, Science

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The human spirit must prevail over technology. Albert Einstein Click to tweet

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Unknown (falsy attributed to Albert Einstein, check here for more info)

Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Technology changes all the time; human nature, hardly ever. Evgeny Morozov

If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed. Elon Musk

A machine disregards human feelings… Machines make our life impersonal, stunt certain qualities in us, and create an impersonal environment. Albert Einstein

Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination. Daniel Bell

We already have – thanks to technology, development, skills, the efficiency of our work – enough resources to satisfy all human needs. But we don’t have enough resources, and we are unlikely ever to have, to satisfy human greed. Zygmunt Bauman

We must rapidly begin the shift from a ‘thing-oriented’ society to a ‘person-oriented’ society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered. Martin Luther King Jr

Think of it. We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all to feed everybody, clothe everybody, and give every human on Earth a chance. We know now what we could never have known before – that we now have the option for all humanity to make it successfully on this planet in this lifetime. Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment. R. Buckminster Fuller

We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding. Rudyard Kipling

Whenever a new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response – that is, high touch – or the technology is rejected… We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature. John Naisbitt

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation. Jean Arp

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day’s toil of any human being. John Stuart Mill

Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings. Ray Kurzweil

The human condition today is better than it’s ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that. Tom Clancy

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons. R. Buckminster Fuller

Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use. Reed Hastings (Netflix)

Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try to bring those things into what you’re doing. Steve Jobs (Apple)

Humanity’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Bill Gates (Microsoft)

The great myth of our times is that technology is communication. Libby Larsen

Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. Christian Lous Lange Click to tweet

Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values. Laura Esquivel

While technology is important, it’s what we do with it that truly matters. Muhammad Yunus

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable. Joseph Krutch

Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow. Margaret Atwood

The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul. Ralph Peters

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. B. F. Skinner

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity. Paul Nurse

Science is but a perversion of itself unless it has as its ultimate goal the betterment of humanity. Nikola Tesla

With the world’s human population now at seven billion and growing, and the demand for technology and modern conveniences increasing, we can’t control all our negative impacts. But we have to find better ways to live within the limits nature and its cycles impose. David Suzuki

See also: Technology Is Not Threatening Our Humanity — We Are

Quotes About Saving Humanity, Climate Change, The Future

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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands. Aung San Suu Kyi Click to tweet

Without forgiveness, there’s no future. Desmond Tutu

Do you want to change the world? Then change yourself first. Sri Chinmoy

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive. Albert Einstein

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves. Aung San Suu Kyi

Many people are choosing to live a minimalist life out of concern for the environment. Joshua Becker

I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life. Anais Nin

Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons. Malala Yousafzai

Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow. Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human. Malala Yousafzai

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome. Rosa Parks

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank

Man’s abiding happiness is not in getting anything but in giving himself up to what is greater than himself, to ideas which are larger than his individual life, the idea of his country, of humanity, of God. Rabindranath Tagore

Creating abundance is not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it’s about creating a life of possibility. Peter Diamandis

One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Imagine connecting with the human spirit in each person in any situation at any time. Imagine interacting with others in a way that allows everyone’s need to be equally valued. Imagine creating organizations and life-serving systems responsive to our needs and the needs of our environment. Marshall Rosenberg

You cannot save people. You can only love them. Anais Nin

The UN wasn’t created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell. Dag Hammarskjold

The day hunger disappears, the world will see the greatest spiritual explosion humanity has ever seen. Federico Garcia Lorca

Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark. Anne Sullivan

Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi

I refuse to be in this world by myself. I want an open commitment from the rest of the people. Robert Rauschenberg

In this world the one thing supremely worth having is the opportunity to do well and worthily a piece of work of vital consequence to the welfare of mankind. Theodore Roosevelt

There is nothing more practical than the preservation of beauty, than the preservation of anything that appeals to the higher emotions of mankind. Theodore Roosevelt

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose. Albert Schweitzer

On personal integrity hangs humanity’s fate. R. Buckminster Fuller

Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call global challenges, which require global solidarity. Ban Ki-moon

See also: Top 10 ways you can stop climate change

I will never apologize for saying that the future of humanity and the future of the world is going to be defined by what we have in common as opposed to those things that separate us and ultimately lead us into conflict. Barack Obama

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made. Michelle Obama

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. Kofi Annan

We need to create a world that is equitable, that is stable and a world where we bear in mind the needs of others, and not only what we need immediately. We are all in the same boat. Kofi Annan

I believe we have a responsibility not only to our contemporaries but also to future generations — a responsibility to preserve resources that belong to them as well as to us, and without which none of us can survive. Kofi Annan

We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. Richard P. Feynman

Man is an ape with possibilities. Roy Chapman Andrews

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. Martin Luther King Jr Click to tweet

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do. Steve Jobs

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity. Nelson DeMille

Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity, and your country, and you will move the world. Swami Vivekananda

Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal. Ban Ki-moon

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The problems of all of humanity can only be solved by all of humanity. Friedrich Durrenmatt

The awakening of consciousness is the next evolutionary step for mankind. Eckhart Tolle

The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion. Paulo Coelho

Let us fight for a new world, a decent world! Charlie Chaplin Click to tweet

See also: 4 Earth-Friendly Reasons to Embrace Minimalism

See also: Inspiring TED talk video (16 minutes). Abundance is our future, Peter Diamandis

Part 4. Poems About Humanity

Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of humankind.

Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.

With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of people.
I have wished to know why the stars shine.

Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth;
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart
Of children in famine, of victims tortured
And of old people left helpless.
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
And I too suffer.

This has been my life; I found it worth living.
George Bernard Shaw

Part 5. Conclusion

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How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. William Shakespeare Click to tweet

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