#mankind

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#made #mankind #only #remade

I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#called #could #degree #difference #doubt

The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#decent #decent standard #depends #destiny #living

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. ↗

— James Boswell

#bad #best #hate #how #i

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#comprehend #comprehends #entrance #higher #into

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#bacchus #drunken #glorious #i #i am

Mercy to animals means mercy to mankind. ↗

— Henry Bergh

#means #mercy

Emotions have taught mankind to reason. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#mankind #reason #taught

In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind. ↗

— Tony Blair

#choices #confront #dangers #events #facing

You are Americans. You love this country. Together we are entrusted with the principles that represent mankind's greatest political and social achievement. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#country #entrusted #greatest #love #mankind