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“From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.”
“...what makes humanity beautiful is our free will, our individuality, our endless striving in spite of our imperfection.BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOONChapter 27 Page 214”
“We are parts of one universe, true enough. We stand within an almost infinite network of relationships. Yet each of us is a single point of consciousness, a unique event, a private, unrepeatable wo...”
“A great library contains the diary of the human race.”
“Such actions are beyond praise: it is the perfume of such sweet and noble human sympathy that makes this wild beasts' cage a world habitable for men.”
“Humans generally get out the gist of what they need to say right at the beginning, then spend forever qualifying, contradicting, burnishing or taking important things back. Yor rareley miss anythin...”
“Prove it. I'll measure your words against your actions, and from that I will determine your worth.”
“Most of us, most of the time, act within plays the lines of which were written long ago, the images of which require recognition, not invention.”
“Yet tell me, my brothers: if a goal for humanity is still lacking, is there not still lacking--humanity itself?”
“It is not by great acts but by small failures that freedom dies. The sense of justice dies slowly in a people. They grow used to the unthinkable,and sometimes they may look back and even wonder whe...”
“Extreme nationalism objectifies and dehumanizes those from other countries.”
“It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.”
“We shall need all the anti-slavery feeling in the country, and more; you can go home and try to bring the people to your views, and you may say anything you like about me, if that will help... When...”
“We are all brothers, and yet I live by receiving a salary for arraigning, judging and punishing a thief or a prostitute, whose existence is conditioned by the whole consumption of my life.”
“Thinking is the most overrated human activity.”
“Yes, cannibals. People are just cannibals unless they leave each other alone.”
“We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)”
“He grew away from old associations, and saw something new in life and humanity. Secondarily, he made close acquaintance with phenomena which he had before known but darkly - the seasons in their mo...”
“Compassion, empathy, and humility can only arise out of recognizing that our common desires are differently expressed.”
“Men and women are hard ore, we do not go to slag in a mere few seasons of forge.”
