#humanity

He shrugged. - They're just people - he said. - They're just doing what people do. Sir. Lord Vetinari gave him a friendly smile. - Of course, of course - he said. - You have to believe that, I appreciate. Otherwise you'd go quite mad. Otherwise you'd think you're standing on a feather-thin bridge over the vaults of Hell. Otherwise existence would be a dark agony and the only hope would be that there is no life after death. I quite understand. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#death

There is no unmoving mover behind the movement. It is only movement. It is not correct to say that life is moving, but life is movement itself. Life and movement are not two different things. In other words, there is no thinker behind the thought. Thought itself is the thinker. If you remove the thought, there is no thinker to be found. ↗

— Walpola Rahula

#cogito-ergo-sum #existence #existentialism #god #humanity

That is one of the great secrets of life Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#mistakes #life

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom. ↗

— Anatole France

#despair #humanity #lies #perish #without

I wanted something that would address the strengths and weaknesses of humanity. I wanted a story that could move readers. My Honor Flight is that story. ↗

— Dan McCurrigan

#courage #death #emotional #hero #humanity

Progress is the attraction that moves humanity. ↗

— Marcus Garvey

#humanity #moves #progress

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#earth #except #humanity #nothing

I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

#general #humanity #i #optimist #suppose

I saw science as being in harmony with humanity. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#harmony #humanity #i #saw #science

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#cities #creations #greatest #humanity