Humankind Quotes

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. (Charles Darwin)
If human beings are able to take a fresh look at themselves as well as the universe and change their rigid mentalities, humankind will make a leap forward. View quote
Li Hongzhi
Humankind cannot bear very much reality. View quote
T. S. Eliot
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. View quote
Chief Seattle
Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by. View quote
Oliver Goldsmith
But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for humankind, Is happy as a lover. View quote
William Wordsworth
As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make a turning point of it, we were assigned to the humanities, to poetry, philosophy, painting the nursery games of humankind, which had to be left behind when the age of science began. The humanities would be called upon to choose a wallpaper for the crypt, as the end drew near. View quote
Saul Bellow
A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind. View quote
Daisaku Ikeda
No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. View quote
Theodore Bikel
For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space that is really for all humankind. View quote
Umberto Guidoni
When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed. (Fred Rogers)
I think art is the only political power, the only revolutionary power, the only evolutionary power, the only power to free humankind form all repression. I say not that art has already realized this, on the contrary, and because it has not, it has to be developed as a weapon, at first there are radical levels, then you can speak about special details. View quote
Joseph Beuys
Humankind is made for uncertainty, struggle, choice and change. View quote
Robert Jordan
Lord of humankind. View quote
John Dryden
I'll put it bluntly. Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me to find out what you're good for. We might both do despicable things, but if humankind survives, then we were good tools. View quote
Orson Scott Card
Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results. The Muslims must ask themselves what they can do for humankind, before they demand that humankind respect them. View quote
Wafa Sultan
The first priority of humankind in this era is to establish an effective system of world law that will assure peace with justice among the peoples of the world. View quote
Walter Cronkite
It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind. View quote
Nhat Hanh
The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being. View quote
Vernor Vinge
Our situations are arranged by higher agents to allow us to become tired of trying to manipulate the material energy. Due to not being properly appreciative of the beauty of relationship with the Lord, humankind is given a temporary arena in which to act out our desires. This environment is designed to frustrate, disgust, and disappoint us, to make us contemplative and introspective. Ultimately it is meant to drive us away from the temporary world in favor of that which is eternal. This is arranged for us to finally realize that our happiness lies not in dabbling with the material energy but in serving the Lord unconditionally, thus becoming whole again. View quote
Bhakti Tirtha Swami
In these discussions we are not asking you to accept anything on blind faith. We are definitely asking that you not immediately reject anything either. We suggest that you do some research for yourself. Just ponder the basic points, investigate them and, most importantly, try to know better how to protect yourself against subtle forces so that you will not become a casualty. If you take these simple steps, you will be one of those who helps to bring about a new era for humankind. (Bhakti Tirtha Swami)
I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised. View quote
Wisława Szymborska
Legend has it that every new technology is first used for something related to sex or pornography. That seems to be the way of humankind. View quote
Tim Berners-Lee
English: Only a total idiot would think that a major channel is working to inform the audience. The channel sells product, it must be packaged. CNN, for example, is a colossal ideological tool in the West. An excellent example is the situation around Yugoslavia. How effectively a very civilized part of humankind was brainwashed! The question is in approaches. If a consumer "grubs" stale bread, nobody will offer him poppy-seed buns. I'm an absolutely engaged person. By myself. I have certain political views. I'm not a journalist. I practice political propaganda. I am a commentator, and if one comments on events without having one's own position, that's an unhealthy symptom. View quote
Mikhail Leontyev
The average dog has one request to all humankind. Love me. View quote
Helen Exley