Humanity Quotes - Page 5

Is this how humanity waves good-bye?
Hell no.

Our measure of hope is in direct proportion to our ability to conquer hopelessness.

Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of magic.

Q: What is wrong with the world?
A: Everybody pays attention to pictures of things. Nobody pays attention to things themselves.

Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Other people have their own value to live by, and the same holds true with me.

They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix.

The human being is a very poorly designed machine tool. The human being excels in coordination. He excels in relating perception to action. He works best if the entire human being, muscles, senses, and mind, is engaged in the work.

Whether I'm painting or not, I have this overweening interest in humanity. Even if I'm not working, I'm still analyzing people.

That's the world out there, little green apples and infectious disease.

I wanted something that would address the strengths and weaknesses of humanity. I wanted a story that could move readers. My Honor Flight is that story.

Be a good human.

Some people like living in black and white worlds. Let them stay there. Appreciate all the colors you see in your world though.

No matter what is happening in the world, I continue to believe in humanity. The power of positive thinking is always enough.

It seems to me now that the plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.

To love another another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection , it is a magnificent task...tremendous and foolish and human.

We're actors - we're the opposite of people!

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.

I'm not in search of sanctity, sacredness, purity; these things are found after this life, not in this life; but in this life I search to be completely human: to feel, to give, to take, to laugh, to get lost, to be found, to dance, to love and to lust, to be so human.

The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.