“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.”

“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”

“The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.”

“Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.”

“We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.”

“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other — not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learned how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.”

“What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly — that is the first law of nature.”

“The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”

“Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.”

“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”

“We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.”

“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”

“The future of humanity is in our hands.”

“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. We all share the same basic values.”

“World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.”

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end.”

“We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things.”

“Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.”

“The history of mankind is the movement of humanity toward greater and greater unification.”

“This is my creed: Happiness is the only good; reason the only torch; justice the only worship, humanity the only religion, and love the only priest.”

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.”

“Kindness is the best form of humanity.”

“The simplest way to be happy is to do good.”

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

“For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?”

“Empathy is choosing to see ourselves in another despite our differences. It’s recognizing that the same humanity — the same desire for meaning, fulfillment, and security — exists in each of us, even if it’s expressed uniquely.”

“Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”

“Be a good human being, a warm hearted, affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief.”

“Sometimes we’re fractured by the choices we make; sometimes we’re shattered by things we would never have chosen. But our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing.”

“In my view, the best of humanity is in our exercise of empathy and compassion. It’s when we challenge ourselves to walk in the shoes of someone whose pain or plight might seem so different than yours that it’s almost incomprehensible.”

“Empathy, humanity and support for each other is more important than revenue, than growth.”

“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.”

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.”

“Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let’s not be afraid to receive each day’s surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy. It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.”

“You should not underestimate the power you have to affirm the humanity and dignity of the people around you.”

“Humanity should be our race. Love should be our religion.”

“Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people stand up for others.”

“Angry people want you to see how powerful they are. Loving people want you to see how powerful you are.”

“Love, hope, fear, faith — these make humanity; these are its sign and note and character.”

“Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.”

“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.”

“If only humanity made its loving as frequent and as detailed as its complaining.”

“I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.”

“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”

“The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”

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

“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.”

“There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”

“Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.”

“If you’re in the luckiest one percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.”

“One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.”

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

“Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.”

“No religion is higher than humanity.”

“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.”

“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.”

“Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. It comes from taking responsibility and advancing our common humanity.”

“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”

“To be a man is to feel that one’s own stone contributes to building the edifice of the world.”

“We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.”

“Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.”

“If you can’t draw close to the other and feel their humanity, then there won’t be any movement toward justice.”

“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

“The story of humanity is not a story of a few people who had huge, gigantic effects on the world. Caring for ourselves and other people is the only thing that has ever mattered to the future of our species.”

“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”

“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.”

“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.”

“Each person must live their life as a model for others.”

“All I have is a sense of duty toward all people and an attachment to those with whom I have become intimate.”

“Humanity is good. Some people are terrible and broken, but humanity is good. I believe that.”

“I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”

“Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.”

“Humanity will win in the long-term. We have always found a way.”

“Humanity is beautiful, even in the darkest times.”

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”

“The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.”

“All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.”

“Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things.”

“I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one ‘race’ — the human race — and that we are all members of it.”

“Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.”

“The golden way is to be friends with the world and to regard the whole human family as one.”

“Above all else, we’re human. We’re one tribe.”

“If you want to awaken all of humanity, awaken all of yourself.”

“The moment we stop fighting for each other, that’s the moment we lose our humanity.”

“We are not broken, we are just unfinished.”

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

“We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we’re able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.”

“During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens.”

“There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.”

“Embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important.”

“If our tears do not lead us to act, then we have lost the reason of our humanity, which is compassion.”

“We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.”

“Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity.”

“One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”

“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain. To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices — today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.”

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”

“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.”

“It’s all about humanity, humility, and integrity.”

“Politeness is the flower of humanity.”

“My humanity is a constant self-overcoming.”

“The only real nation is humanity.”

“Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.”

“Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.”

“You don’t need a reason to help people.”

“Having raised humanity above the beastly level of survival struggles, we will now aim to upgrade humans into gods and turn Homo sapiens into Homo deus.”

“Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.”

“For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.”

“Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.”