Best Humans Quotes

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.

I believe there is only one race – the human race.

Non-reaction to the ego in others is one of the most effective ways not only of going beyond ego in yourself but also of dissolving the collective human ego.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to change ourselves.

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn’t have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They’re kinder.

The human emotional system can be broken down into roughly two elements: fear and love. Love is of the soul. Fear is of the personality.

Through every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear. Those who have the courage to conquer it are made free and those who are conquered by it are made to suffer until they have the courage to defeat it, or death takes them.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can.

You are the Universe expressing itself as a human for a little while.

The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th century science has been the discovery of human ignorance.

The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.

Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them.

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

Sympathy is the charm of human life.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined – to strengthen each other – to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.

I want to be treated like a human being.

The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation – a force for construction and destruction.

Gratitude is the most important of all human emotions.

Christ is the most unique person of history. No man can write a history of the human race without giving first and foremost place to the penniless Teacher of Nazareth.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

Our true nationality is mankind.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

I think we must never, ever demonize one another. That’s true not just black people to black people; that’s human being to human being.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

You’ve got to find your bliss as a human being, because if you can follow that, everything else falls into place.