Without the word, without writing, and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.Hermann Hesse
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.Plato
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.John F. Kennedy
Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration-of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.Lance Secretan
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.Stephen Hawking
Your actions should be determined not by the desire of the people around you, but by the needs of all mankind.Leo Tolstoy
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.Nelson Mandela
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.Joseph Addison
Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.Goran Persson
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.Marilyn Monroe
It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.Anne Frank
In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.Christian Dior
No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.Bernard Barton
I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it. And I'm trying to be a Christian. I'm always amazed when people walk up to me and say, 'I'm a Christian.' I always think, 'Already? You've already got it?' I'm working at it. And at my age, I'll still be working at it at 96.Maya Angelou
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.Mahatma Gandhi
The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul.Ralph Peters
Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.Thomas Jefferson
With so many ways to communicate at our disposal, we must not forget the transformative power of a live music experience and genuine human exchange.Jon Batiste
I think that music, being an expression of the human heart, or of the human being itself, does express just what is happening - the whole of human experience at the particular time that it is being expressed.John Coltrane
I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.Sigmund Freud
Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.Charles Horton Cooley
The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.Lyndon B. Johnson
Loyalty to the family must be merged into loyalty to the community, loyalty to the community into loyalty to the nation, and loyalty to the nation into loyalty to mankind. The citizen of the future must be a citizen of the world.Thomas Cochrane
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.Søren Kierkegaard