Gentlemen, between two servants of Humanity, who appeared eighteen hundred years apart, there is a mysterious relation. Let us say it with a sentiment of profound respect. Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled.
Human - Humanity Quotes
Our humanity were a poor thing were it not for the divinity which stirs within us.
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
But I would still reply, that the knavery and folly of men are such common phenomena, that I should rather believe the most extraordinary events to arise from their concurrence, than admit of so signal a violation of the laws of nature.
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
Men have lost sight of distant horizons. Nobody writes for humanity, for civilization; they write for their country, their sect; to amuse their friends or annoy their enemies.
I use the word “Humanist” to mean someone who believes that man is just as much a natural phenomenon as an animal or a plant; that his body, mind or soul were not supernaturally created but are products of evolution, and that he is not under the control or guidance of any supernatural being, but […]
Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love all year round, madam; that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
