Human - Humanity Quotes

Remember your humanity and forget the rest.

Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own species.

For Mercy has a human heart; Pity, a human face; And Love, the human form divine; And Peace, the human dress.

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

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.

Cruelty has a human heart, And jealousy a human face Terror, the human form divine, And secrecy, the human dress.

The sun and the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago… had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. (“Dilbert”)

The human race has today the means for annihilating itself – either in a fit of complete lunacy, i.e., in a big war, by a brief fit of destruction, or by careless handling of atomic technology, through a slow process of poisoning and of deterioration in its genetic structure.