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Letter "H" » Humanity
«My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.»
«Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.»
«Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature . . . what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action . . . if you know these things about a man you can touch him at the core of his being.»
Author: William Bernbach
| About:
Action,
Humanity
| Keywords:
compulsions, core, dominate, Human Touch, insight, instincts, The Core
«I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.»
«I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.»
Author: Johann Kaspar Lavater
(Theologian)
| About:
Faith,
Humanity,
Safety
| Keywords:
accustomed, boldly, boldness, grandly, impudence, In Humanity, nobly, prejudiced, with boldness
«Mankind are always happy for having been happy; so that, if you make them happy now, you make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it»
«North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.»
Author: Fidel Castro
| About:
Humanity
«Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.»
«Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!»
«I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood are conditions people have to work at. It's a serious matter. You compromise, you give, you take, you stand firm, and you're relentless...And it is an investment. Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
| About:
Birth,
Humanity
| Keywords:
brotherhood, brothers, Burma, Call Me, Diego, investment, investments, jealous, mutuality, parentage, possessive, relentless, San, San Diego, sibling, siblings, sisterhood, sisters, stand firm, work at
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