There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.
Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
I think we are defined as human beings through our families, no matter what kind of family - through our relationships with parents, brothers and sisters.
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter.
For every expert that says humans are the cause of 'climate change' there are 10 more who say we aren't.
Our species is on the verge of changes that will fundamentally alter what it means to be human... and we are the people driving that change.
Geoengineering involves humans making intentional, large-scale modifications to the Earths geophysical systems in order to change the environment.
The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.
So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.
The evidence points to central Asia as man's original home, for the general movement of human migrations has been outward from that region and not inward.
One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.
We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war.
For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive. 'Harsh' to us is 'home' for them. Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, ...
I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.
Human beings have to create hope. They have to. You have to have something you hold onto as being a possibility. Otherwise, why go on?
I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.
In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival.
Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.
