#humanit

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#humanity #interesting #more #nothing #than

I am convinced that people with such wounds will be quite ready to co-operate in a safe and painless experiment in the interests of humanity as a whole. ↗

— Robert Barany

#co-operate #convinced #experiment #humanity #i

Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion. ↗

— John Comenius

#consideration #end #humanity #language #let us

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#always #false #front #humanity #rule

I'm not a humanitarian. I'm a hell-raiser. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

#humanitarian #i

The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words. Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an objective reality that comprise the physical universe, social communities, political dynamics, and other facets of human existence. Looking in certain other corners of the same mirror, he or she may experience glimpses of a True Self sheltered deftly behind a mask of public proprieties. ↗

— Aberjhani

#human-nature #humanity #identity #mirrors #personal-identity

Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#appeals #deeper #help #humanitarian #penetrate

Love is about bottomless empathy, born out of the heart’s revelation that another person is every bit as real as you are. And this is why love, as I understand it, is always specific. Trying to love all of humanity may be a worthy endeavor, but, in a funny way, it keeps the focus on the self, on the self’s own moral or spiritual well-being. Whereas, to love a specific person, and to identify with his or her struggles and joys as if they were your own, you have to surrender some of your self. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#humanity #love #funny

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#error #gained #humanity #indebted #oppression

We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#anywhere #condition #crime #customs #deplorable