Quotes about Humankind (page 2)

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“I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
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“If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.”
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“Let us ask ourselves; ''What kind of people do we think we are?''”
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“We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.”
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“Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.”
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“Mankind are animals that makes bargains, no other animal does this.”
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“The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.”
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“Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.”
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“We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.”
DisputedNo reliable early source found for Konrad Adenauer. · evidenceHumankind
“Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.”
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“Man is a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.”
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“Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.”
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“Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.”
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“Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.”
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“I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.”
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“Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.”
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“An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.”
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“Man who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!”
MisattributedListed as misattributed to Doris Lessing; no source in their known works. · evidenceHumankind
“Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.”
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“On earth there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind.”
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“The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.”
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“The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.”
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“Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.”
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“There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.”
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“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”
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“The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines.”
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