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"It would be one of the greatest triumphs of humanity, one of the most tangible liberations from the constraints of nature to which mankind is subject, if we could succeed in raising the responsible act of procreating children to the level of a deliberate and intentional activity and in freeing it from its entanglement with the necessary satisfaction of a natural need."
"Our social and economic systems are so devoid of humanity and love."
"The proper study of mankind is woman."
"If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world."
"Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it's so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity."
"Peace is our gift to each other."
"It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself."
"When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others."
"Achieving what I set out to do: to feel that I was instrumental in starting a great new movement which could not only change the course of things for Humanity and the rest of Creation, but alter Man's expectation of surviving for much longer on this planet."
"Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us."
"May the humanity that is within every human being be held precious. The vice that underlies all vices is that we are held cheap by others, and far worse, that in our innermost soul we think cheaply of ourselves."
"Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth."
"But there's a shift happening in humanity, a shift in consciousness, happening now because it has to happen now."
"It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do."
"Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity."
"How can we turn our back on an endeavor which increases our children's cultural intelligence, heightens individual sensitivity and deepens our collective sense of humanity? I suggest to you that we cannot."
"It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression."
"Humanities education is the worst thing for an industrialist."
"The object of leadership may be stated as having a system whereby a leader recognizes what is good for the good of the government, for the good of the nation, for the good of humanity, and recognizes the qualities he has and what he can do within his own limitations. He cannot do, and should not attempt to do, the impossible, but he should not fail to attempt something that might be extremely difficult and may be possible."
"We are being made aware that the organization of society on the principle of private profit, as well as public destruction, is leading both to the deformation of humanity by unregulated industrialism, and to the exhaustion of natural resources, and that a good deal of our material progress is a progress for which succeeding generations may have to pay dearly."
