Quotes about Humanity

Fear exists before and after, but not while the shots are being fired, because, at that moment, you see men at their very limit, capable of the most heroic of actions and the most inhumane.

Do not do to another that which you would abhor being done to you; that is the law. All the rest is legal commentary.

It was so good that I can see love in everything, even in the eyes of a schizophrenic.

I ask all those who hope to one day work for the good of humanity: never forget that even if you deliver up your body to be burned, you gain nothing if you have not Love. Nothing!

But tormented souls have this incredible ability to recognize and approach one another, thus compounding their grief. Why hadn't I noticed this in him? Why did I see only the superficial way he talked about politics or the pedantic way he tasted the wine?

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

Anything that reflects the human condition back on humans in the entertainment medium is art.

Art is inextricably tied to man's survival - not to his physical survival, but to that on which his physical survival depends: to the preservation and survival of his consciousness.

That's what attracts us to serious paintings, I think: that shortfall, which we might call "personality", or maybe even "pain".

Each of you will begin to be truly human when, in spite of your natural dislike of one another, you still respect one another. That is what it means to be civilized.

Respect is essentially a yes to others, not to their demands, but rather to their basic humanity. In this sense, respect is indivisible. When we give respect to others, we are honoring the very same humanity that exists in us. When we acknowledge the dignity of others, we are acknowledging our own dignity. We cannot truly respect others without respecting ourselves at the same time.

The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.