When humans behave murderously, such as inflicting senseless slaughter of innocents in warfare, we like to blame it on some dark, 'animalistic' instinct.
The least you need to do for humanity to be a hero is to ensure that bad things don't get worse
Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.
He who is concerned only with the purity of his own life ruins the great human relations.
I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they don't necessarily have to be virtuous, but they have to at least be human.
Could we possible manage the next phase of human history without first dealing with this penchant for dehumanizing the adversary?
Alfred Nobel really understood very well the necessary supra-natural character of the human enterprise.
The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high.
Gandalf the Grey was always the guy I prefer. Gandalf the White was driven to do a particular job, whereas Gandalf the Grey is a bit more humane.
It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts.
Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.
Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.
The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.
What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.
I think there's something in the human psyche that we're titillated by the person who flies too close to the candle and their wings get singed.
Kindness is the greatest gift for the humanity. Nothing is more important than to be kind to each other.
