Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Human - Humanity Quotes
Against human nature one cannot legislate. One can only try to educate it, and it is a slow process with only a distant hope of success.
The individual needs to be in constant struggle with his environment if he is to develop to his highest capacity. The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.
Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
Humanity, n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.
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.
