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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.
What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All read more
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
We are wiser than we know.
We are wiser than we know.
The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre.
The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre.
No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the read more
No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. More mankind quotes coming soon. If you have a quote or proverb about mankind, please use the "Submit a Quote" form below to have your mankind quote reviewed by an editor. Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -John Donne.
Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.
Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
