It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
Eric HofferOnly two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert EinsteinTeach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
BuddhaIf people are good only because they fear punishment and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Albert EinsteinThe high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.
Albert EinsteinNo man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Abraham LincolnAs I would not be a slave so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
Abraham LincolnOnly a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
Albert EinsteinJust as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.
Alan WattsWe are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
LucretiusWhoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity, so the wise man knows no hatred
BuddhaI desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth I shall at least have one friend left and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham LincolnEvery human being is the author of his own health or disease.
BuddhaThe avarice of mankind is insatiable.
AristotleThe mother is the pillar of the home, of society, of the nation, and so of humanity itself.
Sai BabaNo pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen KellerHumanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.
Isaac AsimovI long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.
Maya AngelouI speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
Albert EinsteinEverything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
Mark TwainPoliteness is the flower of humanity.
Joseph JoubertService to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Muhammad AliIf humanity does not opt for integrity, we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
R. Buckminster FullerIf you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
Mark TwainEveryone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
Mark TwainEvery time I see an adult on a bicycle I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
H. G. WellsMan is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
Joseph AddisonIt has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Albert EinsteinThe unfortunate need people who will be kind to them, the prosperous need people to be kind to.
AristotleWar is a defeat for humanity.
Pope John Paul IIThe human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction.
Harry S. TrumanThe worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
George Bernard ShawNever stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.
Abraham LincolnIt has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Abraham LincolnBy nature men are nearly alike, by practice they get to be wide apart.
ConfuciusWhat sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles to be sure, but scattered along life's pathway the good they do is inconceivable.
Joseph AddisonAll religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
Albert EinsteinIf you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
ConfuciusOur defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men in all lands everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
Abraham LincolnThere are people who, the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
Jane AustenI am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
Albert EinsteinThere will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere and we are all apt to expect too much, but then if one scheme of happiness fails human nature turns to another, if the first calculation is wrong we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere...
Jane AustenOnly on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue and abiding love.
George Bernard ShawHuman felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.
Benjamin FranklinMan will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.
Mark TwainThe human race is a race of cowards, and I am not only marching in that procession, but carrying a banner.
Mark TwainSince I move about with you, eat like you and talk with you, you are deluded in the belief that this is but an instance of common humanity. Be warned against this mistake. I am also deluding you by My singing with you, talking with you, and engaging Myself in activities with you. But any movement My Divinity may be revealed to you, you have to be ready prepared for that moment.
Sai BabaWe shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.
Albert EinsteinIt stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.
Albert EinsteinThere will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers and political power, and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
PlatoThe fear and anxiety that infect humanity today are the results of this degradation of values, this ignorance of what is of significance and what is not, this want of faith in what the elders and sages have handed down as the wisdom of ages. People prefer what is pleasing to what is beneficial.
Sai BabaAll who think cannot but see there is a sanction, like that of religion, which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
Benjamin Franklin