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- Nov 07, 2020
Humanity Quotes
On believing in people, mostly.
A recurring idea here is art as a tool for elevating humanity, shared as widely as it can possibly reach, a value shared with the compassion collection.
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- Greatest Threat
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest threat facing humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear weapons.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have this feeling that as time goes on, we're not getting any more civilized, and we should be. We're still running around like the days of Genghis Khan. There are so many important, better things to do and we need to encourage people to reach into the brighter side of humanity and not encourage people to continue to glorify the darker side.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Making a good meal for someone, even if it is nothing complicated, is an expression of love: it is an invitation to share, for one dinner at least, in our common humanity.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to state clearly that I am a humanitarian, not an activist. I do not follow any agendas - only that of humanity, not only in Saudi Arabia, but all over the world.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
- In Print
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- Nov 07, 2020
Books are humanity in print.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people with their own humanity.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
True security is based on people's welfare - on a thriving economy, on strong public health and education programmes, and on fundamental respect for our common humanity. Development, peace, disarmament, reconciliation and justice are not separate from security; they help to underpin it.
- Climate Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite widely differing perspectives and agendas, there seems to be a remarkable global consensus that has built up over a fairly short period of time that climate change and ecology is one of the truly defining issues for humanity.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
We desperately need comprehensive immigration reform in this nation, and yes, comprehensive immigration reform proposals are nuanced and complicated, but you know what shouldn't be? Our capacity to see each other's humanity.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020