Quotes about Humanity

We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.

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

I never truly believed that human business was some serious thing.

Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.

True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.

Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto.

That's what's so striking about the title of Kushner's book: When Bad Things Happen to Good People. How is that fair? Well, the answer to that is that there are no good people.

When you ask them what's wrong with the world, they never say there is not enough religion. They say there is not enough peace, prosperity, security, comfort, health care, or environmental responsibility. In other words, not enough human control over nature and human nature.

But God loves men more than angels in intensity, because He became one of us