There is more than a morsel of truth in the saying, “He who hates vice hates mankind.”William Macneile DixonHatredHumanityMorality Share this
The day you stop being compassionate, your adjective of human drops!Mehmet Murat IldanCompassionHumanityMorality Share this
I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.Michael CaineHumanityMoralityWeakness Share this
When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.George Bernard ShawHumanityMoralityRarity Share this
But even so, we’re not devils, let alone gods. We’re human. We’re human!Hiromu ArakawaHumanityIdentityMorality Share this
Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities.Honoré de BalzacHumanityMoralityNature Share this
There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy.Henryk SienkiewiczCompassionHumanityMorality Share this
Sooner or later… one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.Graham GreeneChoiceHumanityMorality Share this
It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.Albert EinsteinHumanityMoralityPower Share this
Man is unique in organizing the mass murder of his own species.Aldous HuxleyHumanityMoralityViolence Share this
The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.Aleksandr SolzhenitsynConflictHumanityMorality Share this
You’re not a bad person. But you sometimes do bad things. You know what that makes you? Human.David D. BurnsBehaviorHumanityMorality Share this
It must be a hard thing to kill a man you don’t know and don’t hate.John SteinbeckConflictHumanityMorality Share this
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.Joseph ConradAmbitionHumanityMorality Share this
Considering how bad men are, it is wonderful how well they behave.Salvador de MadariagaBehaviorHumanityMorality Share this
Life is not simple, and people can’t be boxed into being either heroes or villains.Jessica HagedornComplexityHumanityMorality Share this
Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good.Jimmy WalesGoodnessHumanityMorality Share this
That man who lives for self alone, Lives for the meanest mortal known.Joaquin MillerHumanityMoralitySelfishness Share this
Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute.Mahatma GandhiHumanityMoralityPeace Share this
Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.Veronica RothCorruptionHumanityMorality Share this
There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people.ZeddComplexityHumanityMorality Share this
Any decent person who knows what warfare is can never go into battle with a whole heart.Orson Scott CardConflictHumanityMorality Share this
A life must be saved as long as it can be no matter whose it is.Osamu TezukaEthicsHumanityMorality Share this
War makes murderers out of otherwise decent people. All wars, and all decent people.Benjamin B. FerenczHumanityMoralityWar Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity