humanity

humanity

To err is human, to forgive, divine. An Essay on Criticism
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
We're so self-important. So arrogant. Everybody's going to save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save the snails. And the supreme arrogance? Save the planet! Are these people kidding? Save the planet? We don't even know how to take care of ourselves; we haven't learned how to care for one another. We're gonna save the fuckin' planet? . . . And, by the way, there's nothing wrong with the planet in the first place. The planet is fine. The people are fucked! Compared with the people, the planet is doin' great. It's been here over four billion years . . . The planet isn't goin' anywhere, folks. We are! We're goin' away. Pack your shit, we're goin' away. And we won't leave much of a trace. Thank God for that. Nothing left. Maybe a little Styrofoam. The planet will be here, and we'll be gone. Another failed mutation; another closed-end biological mistake.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. In Front of Your Nose: 1945-1950
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom. War and Peace
What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.
A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.
I love Humanity but I hate humans
Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another. Cosmos
People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Ad astra per aspera. (To the stars through difficulties.)
In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless. Letters of Sigmund Freud, 1873-1939
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
The human spirit must prevail over technology.
In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk. Rich Dad, Poor Dad
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.