humanity Quotes

The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.

All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

I think... the history of civilization is an attempt to codify, classify and categorize aspects of human nature that hardly lend themselves to that process.

The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not want to worry too much about semantics.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.