“The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Humanity
Plato on Humanity
“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.” Continue reading
George Bernard Shaw on History
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” Continue reading
John F. Kennedy on Power
“The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.” Continue reading
Carl Becker on Humanity
“The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.” Continue reading
Antoine de Saint-Exupery on Language
“Language is the source of misunderstandings.” 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
Henry David Thoreau Cynical Quote
“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” Continue reading
Bill Watterson on Intelligent Life
“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Continue reading
Edward Gibbon on History
“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.” Continue reading