Quotes about Humanity
For by his incarnation the Son of God united himself in a certain way with every man. He labored with human hands... and loved with a human heart. Born of Mary the Virgin, he truly became one of us.
- Pope John Paul II
In all conversation between two persons, tacit reference is made, as to a third party, to a common nature. That third party or common nature is not social; it is impersonal; is God.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
If God came to save the world, why are so many of His professed followers intent on damning it?
- Richard Paul Evans
I'm convinced, more than ever, that man finds liberation only when he binds himself to God and commits himself to his fellow man.
- Ronald Reagan
God can use anything, and anyone - even a king or a president, even a tax collector or a businessman, a priest or a prostitute, a Republican or a Democrat.
- Shane Claiborne
Parents are flawed human beings who are given a role that more approximates that of God than of mere mortals.
- Dennis Prager
I say somewhat facetiously, "I'm so glad I'm not God." Can you imagine being God and looking at Syria and saying: "These are my children. Look at what they're doing to each other."
- Desmond Tutu
Jesus could weep. Sometimes when you look at the ugliness that makes you weep, you know that the heart of God is also weeping. Jesus is for real. He does not give up on anyone, least of all on me.
- Desmond Tutu
God has been incredible in creating us to be persons.
- Desmond Tutu
God is not free from human beings but for them.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God gave us free will, and we may choose to exercise it in ways that end up hurting other people.
- Francis Collins
Something good made something bad possible (though not inevitable). Humans, however, didn't use their freedom well. Instead of using it to honor God in friendship, they used it to rebel.
- Greg Koukl