Humankind Quotes - Page 7

I think J.S. Bach's music stands among humankind's greatest accomplishments. For me, Bach's music is not only as good as music gets, but also as good as it gets, period -- as good as existence, reality, life and the world.

Andrew W.K.

Reality, Thinking, Accomplishment

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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The American psychologist Julian Jaynes, in a controversial study on the origin of consciousness, argued that the bicameral mind - in which one of the hemispheres becomes specialized in silent reading - is a late development in humankind's evolution, and that the process by which this function develops is still changing.

Alberto Manguel

Reading, Mind, Development

"A History of Reading". Book by Alberto Manguel, 1996.

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I think art is the only political power, the only revolutionary power, the only evolutionary power, the only power to free humankind form all repression. I say not that art has already realized this, on the contrary, and because it has not, it has to be developed as a weapon, at first there are radical levels, then you can speak about special details.

Joseph Beuys

Art, Thinking, Political

"The Role of Documentation in Conceptual Art: : An Aesthetic Inquiry". Book by Robert C. Morgan, 1978.

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In the greater part of humankind there resides an instinct for survival. It is this which can clutch at straws and effect a rescue from them. It is this which can, now and then, outwit fate.

Tanith Lee

Fate, Survival, Now And Then

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Legend has it that every new technology is first used for something related to sex or pornography. That seems to be the way of humankind.

Tim Berners-Lee

Sex, Technology, Legends

"The Guardian profile: Tim Berners-Lee" by Bobbie Johnson, www.theguardian.com. August 12, 2005.

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Work restores humankind and all its attributes to the savage animal condition that was its original intended state.

Elfriede Jelinek

Work, Animal, Savages

Elfriede Jelinek, Michael Hulse (1992). “Lust”, Profile Books

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A wise man sees the path all must walk and embraces the free will of humankind, even if to watch it unfold causes him pain.

Colleen Houck

Wise, Pain, Men

Colleen Houck (2011). “Tiger's Voyage: Tiger's Curse: Book Three”, p.477, Hachette UK

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Language is inherently not concerned with logic. As an expression of the psychological activities of humankind, it simply follows a linear process as it seeks actualisation. Moreover, it does not obey the objective concepts of time and space that belong to the physical world. When the discussion of time and space is imported into linguistic art from scientific aims and research methods, that linguistic art is entirely reduced to trifling pseudo-philosophical issues.

Gao Xingjian

Art, Philosophical, Issues

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The human species does not necessarily move in stages from progress to progress ... history and civilization do not advance in tandem. From the stagnation of Medieval Europe to the decline and chaos in recent times on the mainland of Asia and to the catastrophes of two world wars in the twentieth century, the methods of killing people became increasingly sophisticated. Scientific and technological progress certainly does not imply that humankind as a result becomes more civilized.

Gao Xingjian

War, Moving, Europe

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Science has an uncomfortable way of pushing human beings from center stage. In our prescientific stories, humans began as the focal point of Nature, living on an Earth that was the center of the universe. As the origins of the Earth and of mankind were investigated more carefully, it became clear that Nature had other interests beyond people, and the Earth was less central than previously hoped. Humankind was just one branch of the great family of life, and the Earth is a smallish planet orbiting an unexceptional sun quite far out on one arm of a run-of-the-mill spiral galaxy.

Seth Lloyd

Running, People, Stories

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A strong, brave man is born each month, each year God gives a sage to men, A poet each ten years, perhaps, but an unselfish person,—when?

Ridgely Torrence

Strong, Men, Years

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When the study of the household (ecology) and the management of the household (economics) can be merged, and when ethics can be extended to include environmental as well as human values, then we can be optimistic about the future of humankind. Accordingly, bringing together these three ‘E's' is the ultimate holism and the great challenge for our future.

Eugene Odum

Optimistic, Challenges, Together

Eugene Pleasants Odum (1993). “Ecology and our endangered life-support systems”

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In distinguishing between Islamic teachings and social taboos, we must remember that Islam forbids injustice; Injustice against people, against nations, against women. It shuns race, color, and gender as a basis of distinction amongst fellowmen. It enshrines piety as the sole criteria for judging humankind.

Benazir Bhutto

Teaching, Islamic, Race

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan. Directorate of Films & Publications (2008). “Speeches and Statements: Oct. 1993-Nov. 1996”

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...a human being not only can choose but... he must choose... for in this way God retains His honor while at the same time has a fatherly concern for humankind. Though God has lowered Himself to being that which can be chosen, yet each person must on his part choose. God is not mocked. Therefore the matter stands thus: If a person avoids choosing, this is the same as the presumption of choosing the world.

Soren Kierkegaard

Christian, Honor, World

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As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankind's first small step on a world beyond our own.

Charles Bolden

Book, Long, Steps

NASA Administrator Statement on Neil Armstrong's Death, www.nasa.gov. August 25, 2012.

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The promise of business is to increase the general well-being of humankind through service, a creative invention and ethical philosophy.

Paul Hawken

Philosophy, Creative, Promise

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A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind.

Grace Lee Boggs

Creativity, Exercise, People

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True healing means drawing the circle of our being larger and becoming more inclusive, more capable of loving. In this sense, healing is not for the sick alone, but for all humankind.

Richard Moss

Healing, Mean, Circles

"Healers on Healing". Book by Richard Carlson, ‎Benjamin Shield (p. 36), 1989.

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Love is higher than opinion. If people love one another the most varied opinions can be reconciled - thus one of the most important tasks for humankind today and in the future is that we should learn to live together and understand one another. If this human fellowship is not achieved, all talk of development is empty.

Rudolf Steiner

Love Is, People, Important

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One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation.

Fred Rogers

Generations, Dignity, Welfare

Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.85, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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Without a love of humankind there is no love of God.

Sholem Asch

God Love, Philanthropy, No Love

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It seems to be overwhelmingly likely that there is life out there and eventually we will make contract. And when contact is made, it will be the end of Earth's cultural evolution. It will be the greatest discovery in the history of humankind.

Paul Horowitz

Discovery, Earth, Evolution

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It seems the whole works of humankind are backwards. Most are trying to convince, instruct, and purify everyone else - without first purifying themselves. To enlighten others we have to enlighten ourselves.

David Wolfe

Trying, Firsts, Enlightening

David Wolfe (2012). “The Sunfood Diet Success System”, p.24, North Atlantic Books

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Nelson Mandela was a man of incomparable honor, unconquerable strength, and unyielding resolve---a saint to many, a hero to all who treasure liberty, freedom and the dignity of humankind.

Morgan Freeman

Hero, Men, Honor

"Actors who played Nelson Mandela react to news of his death". www.foxnews.com. December 6, 2013.

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School is about two parts ABCs to fifty parts Where Do I Stand in the Great Pecking Order of Humankind.

Barbara Kingsolver

Education, School, Order

Barbara Kingsolver (2011). “High Tide in Tucson”, p.47, Faber & Faber

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