I'm talking about the essence of humanity. Hope is mixed into the blood of every human being, everywhere and in every time.
So important are insects and other land-dwelling arthropods that if all were to disappear, humanity probably could not last more than a few months.
The gift of The Giver is something good and true and beautiful about what is good and true and beautiful in humanity.
Humanity, morality, decency, might be forgotten, but codfish must still be had for the use of the faithful in Lent and on fast days.
It doesn't do to be sentimental about cats; the best ones don't respect you for it
Without "ethical culture", there is no salvation for humanity.
Even in its darkness, it has this picturesque element. It's something about the human condition. It's not the water itself-it's humanity's relationship to water, because that’s almost a human need, that water be a positive force.
There are some great values in Christianity, but I think the values are located more deeply in our humanity than they are in our religion. There are certainly some survival values.
To be a virtuous person is to display, by acts of will, all or at least most of the six ubiquitous virtues: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence.
. . . what makes humanity beautiful is our free will, our individuality, our endless striving in spite of our imperfection. BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON Chapter 27 Page 214
True emotions and sincere words never perish. The great heart of humanity gladly receives and embalms every true utterance of the humblest of its offspring.
"The ego is created by the rift. When you are fighting, the ego comes in; when you are not fighting, the ego cannot come in. Ego is a tension. If you want the ego, then divide yourself as fully as possible - become two persons. That is what is happening to many people, that is what has happened to whole of humanity. Everybody has become two persons: one voice says "Do this," the other voice says "Don't do that" - then the ego arises. Out of friction ego arises, and ego is very intoxicating; it makes you unconscious. This is the whole mechanism. "
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.
Popular religion since the time of Kant and Fichte has gone in a direction they tried to prevent and that has been disastrous for the humanity both of believers and of the rest of us. Look at the role of religion in Republican presidential primaries if you need any confirmation of this last statement.
I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.
God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying.
There is an "offense" to the Gospel no matter how graciously we present it. It includes the message that God, not humanity, is the ultimate judge of right and wrong, and that the choices we make here have eternal consequences.
Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.