#humanity

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change. ↗

— Pierre Schaeffer

#change #changes #humanity #makes #materially

In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity. ↗

— Adam Schiff

#afford #against #been #called #cannot

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#fatigued #greater #harassed #humanity #itself

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man. ↗

— Adam Smith

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Man's inhumanity to man is as old as humanity itself. Some people just do evil things. Most do not. A billion people have seen 'Batman' movies over the past 20 years, and they have been entertained and inspired. One man saw it as a sick entry point for mass murder. The one is tragic. The billion are not. I choose to write for the billion. ↗

— Kurt Sutter

#been #billion #choose #entertained #entry

Everything at some point has been declared the root of all evil. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bad #beginning #clever #confusion #declaration

I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me. ↗

— Terence

#concerns #humanity #i #i am #interest

How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky. ↗

— E. T. A. Hoffmann

#blue #blue sky #build #clear #dam

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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