“Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Humanity
Samuel Johnson on Knowledge
Albert Einstein on Humanity
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” Continue reading
Neil Armstrong’s Famous Quote
“This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Continue reading
H. G. Wells on History and Education
“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” Continue reading
Arthur Schopenhauer Cynical Quote
“Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.” Continue reading
George C. Marshall on Peace
“If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.” Continue reading
Bertrand Russell on Happiness
“If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.” Continue reading
T. S. Eliot on Humanity
“Humankind cannot stand very much reality.” Continue reading
Marjorie Stoneman Douglas on the Future
“The future lies in the strength with which people can set their powers of creation against their impulses for destruction. Perhaps this is the unending frontier.” Continue reading
Henry David Thoreau on Flying
“Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!” Continue reading
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