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It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

by Denis Diderot Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or read more

If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.

by William Allen White Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all o its meaninglessness.

The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all o its meaninglessness.

by Martin Esslin Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink read more

Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink of it
Then, if you can.

by Thomas Hood Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.

by George Santayana Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and read more

If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and organization, we can say this: were there the slightest possibility that another rival or superior species might appear, on earth or elsewhere, man would use every means at his disposal to destroy it.

by Jean Baudrillard Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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Man makes holy what he beleives, as he makes beautiful what he loves.

Man makes holy what he beleives, as he makes beautiful what he loves.

by Ernest Renan Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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To err is human - but it feels divine

To err is human - but it feels divine

by Mae West Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, read more

Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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