Our Greatest Failing

“Humanity's greatest failing is when to feel right is more important than to understand.”
--Barry Thornton

Christmas Expectations

“I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year.”
-- David Grayson

Truth, Justice and Humanity

“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
--Malcolm X

Attack on Humanity

“A disease like the plague can only threaten your life; but evil, selfishness, pride, hypocrisy, fear, these things attack our humanity.”
--Marcus Aurelius

Self Motivation

“And truly it demands something god like in him who has cast off the common motives of humanity, and has ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Change Public Opinion

“No feats of heroism are needed to achieve the greatest and most important changes in the existence of humanity ... but a change in public opinion.”
--Leo Tolstoy

Love Humanity

“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.”
--Eric Hoffer

Task of Leadership

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”
--John Buchan

Make Yourself Useful

“You can render to humanity no greater service than to make the most of yourself.”
--Wallace Whattles

Some Victory

“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”
--Horace Mann

Human Differentiation

“What differentiates humans from all other creatures is the deep and unquenching desire to be appreciated.”
--Jeffrey Fry

Sit Still, Be Quiet

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
--Blaise Pascal

Awaken Yourself

“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.”
--Lao Tzu

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Kindness Happens

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
--Lucius Annaeus Seneca