Mankind Quotes - Page 27

• Before this century shall run out, journalism will be the whole press. Mankind will write their book day by day, hour by hour, page by page. Thought will spread abroad with the rapidity of light--instantly conceived, instantly written, instantly understood at the extremities of the earth.

  Alphonse de Lamartine

  Running, Book, Writing

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• Alone, alone, about the dreadful wood / Of conscious evil runs a lost mankind, / Dreading to find its Father.

  W. H. Auden

  Running, Father, Loneliness

  W. H. Auden (2013). “For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio”, p.7, Princeton University Press

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• Ambition, old as mankind, the immemorial weakness of the strong.

  Vita Sackville-West

  Strong, Ambition, Self Control

  Victoria Sackville-West, Vita Sackville-West (1985). “No Signposts in the Sea”, Penguin Group USA

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• God waits for you to communicate with Him. You have instant, direct access to God. God loves mankind so much, and in a very special sense His children, that He has made Himself available to you at all times.

  Wesley L Duewel

  Prayer, Children, Waiting

  Wesley L. Duewel (1986). “Touch the World Through Prayer”, p.21, Zondervan

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• In this interconnected universe, every improvement we make in our private world improves the world at large for everyone. We all float on the collective level of consciousness of mankind, so that any increment we add comes back to us. We all add to our common buoyancy by our efforts to benefit life. It is a scientific fact that what is good for you is good for me.

  David R. Hawkins

  Effort, Benefits, World

  David R. Hawkins “Along the Path to Enlightenment”, Hay House, Inc

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• Islam is a revolutionary faith that comes to destroy any government made by man. Islam doesn't look for a nation to be in better condition than another nation. Islam doesn't care about the land or who own the land. The goal of Islam is to rule the entire world and submit all of mankind to the faith of Islam. Any nation or power in this world that tries to get in the way of that goal, Islam will fight and destroy.

  Abul A'la Maududi

  Islamic, Fighting, Men

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• That happiness is to be attained through limitless material acquisition is denied by every religion and philosophy known to mankind, but is preached incessantly by every American television set.

  Robert Neelly Bellah

  Philosophy, Acquisition, Television

  Robert Neelly Bellah (1975). “The broken covenant: American civil religion in time of trial”, Harper San Francisco

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• The horseman serves the horse, The neat-herd serves the neat, The merchant serves the purse, The eater serves his meat; 'Tis the day of the chattel, Web to weave, and corn to grind, Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Horse, Meat, Corn

  "Ode Inscribed toW. H. Channing" l. 50 (1847)

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• It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Humanity, Mind, Weakness

  "Warren Hastings". Book by Thomas B. Macaulay, 1851.

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• Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests.

  James A. Garfield

  Brotherhood, Links, Common

  Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. (2 Volumes) Volume 2”, p.561, Best Books on

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• Knowledge of mankind is a knowledge of their passions.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Passion

  Benjamin Disraeli (1853). “The Young Duke ... By B. Disraeli. A New Edition”, p.12

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• In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.

  Horace

  Writing, Apology, Thinking

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• If mankind were only just what they pretend to be, the problem of the millennium would be immediately solved.

  Josh Billings

  Deceit, Would Be, Problem

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• The desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct; ... the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Motivation, Desire, Incentives

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). “The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution”, p.355, Coventry House Publishing

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• Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his [mankind's] ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads monstrously like a gray vegetation.

  Hans Arp

  Anxiety, Ego, Noise

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• We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Thinking, Humanity, Compromise

  Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”

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• Am I caught in a self-centred, narrow little cell which refuses to look beyond? Do I see it when you come along and tell me that my brain is the brain of all mankind?

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Destiny, Self, Cells

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• The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

  Francois Fenelon

  Art, Want, Appetite

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• The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, who in less than three decades killed or maimed nearly a hundred million men, women, and children and brought untold suffering to a large portion of mankind.

  Eric Hoffer

  Children, Hate, Men

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Hypocrisy itself does great honor, or rather justice, to religion, and tacitly acknowledges it to be an ornament to human nature. The hypocrite would not be at so much pains to put on the appearance of virtue, if he did not know it was the most proper and effectual means to gain the love and esteem of mankind.

  Joseph Addison

  Pain, Hypocrite, Mean

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steel (1858). “The Spectator”, p.304

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• Thus I live in the world rather as a Spectator of mankind, than as one of the species, by which means I have made myself a speculative statesman, soldier, merchant, and artisan, without ever meddling with any practical part of life.

  Joseph Addison

  Mean, Soldier, World

  1711 In The Spectator, no.1,1Mar.

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• Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral: a thing as simple and specious as a statue to the first glance, and yet on examination, as lively and interesting as a forest in detail.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Simple, Interesting, Humanity

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• This religion (Islam) recognizes all men as brothers. It accepts all human beings as equals before God, and as equal members in the Human Family of Mankind.

  Malcolm X

  Brother, Men, Religion

  Malcolm X (1992). “February 1965: the final speeches”, Pathfinder Pr

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• It is easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has nobody to please but himself, to ridicule or censure the common practices of mankind.

  Samuel Johnson

  Home, Men, Practice

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”

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• It is thus that mutual cowardice keeps us in peace. Were one half of mankind brave and one cowards, the brave would be always beating the cowards. Were all brave, they would lead a very uneasy life; all would be continually fighting; but being all cowards, we go on very well.

  Samuel Johnson

  Fighting, Brave, Coward

  In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 3, p. 326 (28 April 1778)

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