Quotes on “humanity”

If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

I love mankind, he said, but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.

I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.

Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life and here to make a contribution.

It's the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It's seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can't watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor's tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.