#humanit

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

#flowers #good #humanity #inconceivable #life

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#course #foreign #foreign affairs #his #humanitarian

From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity. ↗

— Richie Benaud

#box #broadcasting #carpet #grass #humanity

We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off. ↗

— Alan Bennett

#dickens #had #humanity #me #never

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#errors #humanity #inheritance #leaves #stream

The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries. ↗

— Georg Buchner

#counted #humanity #only #slow #strides

One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly. ↗

— Georg Buchner

#essence #humanity #individual #into #love

Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#humanity #love #self-giving #beauty

No, I think the future of humanity will be like the past, we'll do what we've always done and there will still be human beings. Granted, there will always be people doing something different and there are a lot of possibilities. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#beings #different #doing #done #future

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#electricity #humanity #justice #love #me