Humanity Quotes

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

‎We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.

Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian.

Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.