"I have no patience whatever with these gorilla damnifications of humanity."
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"Not for ourselves alone, but for all humanity... Let us hasten to find the path that leads to liberty, safety, and peace for everyone."
"When a uniform exercise of kindness to prisoners on our part has been returned by as uniform severity on the part of our enemies,you must excuse me for saying it is high time, by other lessons, to teach respect to the dictates of humanity; in such a case, retaliation becomes an act of benevolence."
"We're part of a greater humanity and we can actually affect the world by the choices we make once we leave the theater."
"Where the world is going and what technology is leading us to in terms of the evolution of humanity is an incredibly valuable thing to understand."
"Humanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault."
"Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy."
"He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations."
"It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity."
"We don't need more stuff, we need more humanity."
"...the greatest shortage in our society is an instinct to produce. To create solutions and hustle them out the door. To touch the humanity inside and connect to the humans in the marketplace."
"Religion [is] the universal obsessional neurosis of humanity"
"Adolescent stage in the development of the human race from which humanity should free itself."
"The individuals who seem to us most outstanding, who are honored with the name of genius, are those who have proposed to enact the fate of all humanity in their personal existences."
"The Communists, following Hegel, speak of humanity and its future as of some monolithic individuality. I was attacking this illusion."
"The Our Father contains all possible petitions; we cannot conceive of any prayer not already contained in it. It is to prayer what Christ is to humanity."
"Capitalism has brought about the emancipation of collective humanity with respect to nature. But this collective humanity has itself taken on with respect to the individual the oppressive function formerly exercised by nature."
"Because we are saturated with life, because we are human, our strongest motive is life, humanity; and the stronger the motive back of the line the stronger, and therefore more beautiful, the line will be."
"Never give up! Never give up! Physical fitness is of paramount importance. There is no age limit when we live in the heart and when we try to be of prayerful and soulful service to God in the heart of humanity."
"The vision of Hinduism is unity in diversity. First, Hinduism lovingly embraces all alien elements; second, it tries to assimilate them; third, it tries to expand itself as a whole, with a view to serving humanity and nature."