Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sigmund Freud

Religion [is] the universal obsessional neurosis of humanity

Sigmund Freud

Humanity is in the highest degree irrational, so that there is no prospect of influencing it by reasonable arguments. Against prejudice one can do nothing.

Shirley Hufstedler

I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. But for the mass of humanity it is an age that never was.

Serj Tankian

I really feel like civilisation's already over. It's not ending but it's already done. We're all addicted to the concept that humanity equals civilisation and that's not the case. We need a global conversation to be able to decipher how we can live from this point forward. We have to redefine our relationship with our environment.

Steven Pinker

Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.

Steven Weinberg

Though aware that there is nothing in the universe that suggests any purpose for humanity, one way that we can find a purpose is to study the universe by the methods of science, without consoling ourselves with fairy tales about its future, or about our own.

Robert Burns

It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty.

Tariq Ramadan

Serve humanity, regardless of religion. Show solidarity for those suffering and oppressed.

Joss Whedon

Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself.

Jan Egeland

This year has really been the year of natural disasters, with nature at its worst and humanity at its best.

Sathya Baba

What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man?  It is Love, Love for all humanity.

Richelle Mead

That's what humanity is: a series of successes and failures, a testing of one's own nature and aptitude. Neither the body nor the soul can sustain such a state. Eventually it consumes a person

Rebecca West

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

Russell Brand

Our social and economic systems are so devoid of humanity and love.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

I don't have to research humanity, I just have to be courageous enough to share that part of myself with everybody.

Trip Hawkins

[PlayStation 2] is a new canvas for humanity that takes us back to our nature.

Rick Steves

As a traveler, I've often found that the more a culture differs from my own, the more I am struck by its essential humanity.

Rick Yancey

How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment

Patton Oswalt

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong.

Paul Tudor Jones

We have ripped the humanity out of our companies. It's threatening the very underpinnings of our society.

Martin Buber

Human life and humanity come into being in genuine encounters. The hope for this hour depends upon the renewal of the immediacy of dialogue among human beings.

Pope Benedict XVI

The goods of creation belong to humanity as a whole. Yet the current pace of environmental exploitation is seriously endangering the supply of certain natural resources not only for the present generation, but above all for generations to come.

Pope John Paul II

None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.

Pope John Paul II

Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.

Philippe Starck

The more materiality there is, the less humanity there is

Pope Francis

Humanity needs to weep, and this is the time to weep,

Pope Francis

Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ...It is a crime against humanity.

Pope Francis

Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity

Pope Francis

Embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important...

Pope Francis

Humanity needs to see these gestures of peace and to hear words of hope and peace!

Pope Francis

I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth, and not ruled by it.

Paulo Coelho

The story of one person is the story of all of humanity.