#mankind

[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the truth." "No, they do not. They are afraid, that is all. And they must remain on earth until they come to the way of leaving it." "And how do they leave? How is the ascent made? Must one learn virtue?" Here she laughs. "You have read too much, and learned too little. Virtue is a road, not a destination. Man cannot be virtuous. Understanding is the goal. When that is achieved, the soul can take wing. ↗

— Iain Pears

#enlightenment #fear #mankind #philosophy #soul

Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything. ↗

— Dixie Lee Ray

#blamed #considered #environmentalists #everything #lowest

Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing. ↗

— Jan de Bont

#area #being #believe #mankind #planet

The history of mankind is the history of ideas. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#ideas #mankind #the history of

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#friendship #i #i wish #mankind #may

Humankind cannot bear very much reality. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#cannot #humankind #much #reality #very

Our country is the world - our countrymen are all mankind. ↗

— William Lloyd Garrison

#countrymen #mankind #our #world

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#divided #immovable #into #mankind #movable

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#beyond #existence #help #mankind #must