Favorite Quotations ~  Humanity, 2 Reason for Hope: Spiritual Journey

"We are all cells in the same body of humanity." ~ Peace Pilgrim

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If you stare at someone long enough, you start to see their humanity. ~ Mark Andrus

Human nature has not changed and does not change...inherent human beliefs stay the same; the fundamental rules of human contact continue to hold. ~ Lammot Du Pont

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. ~ Alexander Hamilton

I don't like human nature, but I do like human beings. ~ Ellen Glasgow

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand. ~ Baruch Spinoza, A Political Treatise, 1677

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited. ~ Margaret Mead

People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, the form of our politics or the expression of our love and our faith, music proves: We are the same. ~ John Denver

We know God wipes away all tears, but it certainly feels good when He uses human hands. ~ Mary Paulson-Lauda

Write me as one that loves his fellow men. ~ Leigh Hunt, Abou Ben Adhem

You’re one of 6.5 billion people now on the planet, and 99.9 percent of your genes are the same as everyone else’s. ~ David Shields

Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need. ~ Margaret Mead

Every human has four endowments—self-awareness, conscience, independent will, and creative imagination. ~ Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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