Ramana Maharshi
Spiritual Teacher
"Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere."
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Humankind
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Leo Tolstoy
Novelist, Philosopher
"Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind....Fo r Love not only annihilates our fear of meaninglessness but empowers us to seek the happiness of others. And this indeed is our greatest happiness."
Hippocrates
Physician
"Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind."
John Adams
Founding Father, Politician
"We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it."
Plutarch
Philosopher, Historian
"Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures."
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"What science cannot discover, mankind cannot know."
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"Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure our own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else."
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"Humankind cannot stand reality."
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"Virtue is not always amiable."
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"Why is humanism not the preeminent belief of humankind?"
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