#mankind

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular. ↗

— John Morley

#act #any #general #improvement #mankind

You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind, and not rather favor an artificial control of birth, which would be irrational, in order to diminish the number of guests at the banquet of life. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

#banquet #birth #bread #control #diminish

Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other. ↗

— Albert Pike

#all things #born #bound #brotherhood #constitutes

[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

I think I did every drug known to mankind, smoked crack, boozed, dropped acid, you name it. ↗

— Kid Rock

#crack #did #dropped #every #i

When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces. ↗

— Robert Cailliau

#faces #great #humanity #humankind #many

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#expect #mankind #should #weather #worst

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

Liberty is not the unique right of Americans or even Westerners, but is mankind's right. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#liberty #mankind #right #unique #westerners

Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected. ↗

— Robert Frank

#black #black and white #colors #despair #forever