Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. ― Orson Scott Card

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Soil, not oil, holds the future for humanity.

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When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others. ― Desmond Tutu

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The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.― Andy Rooney

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Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure.

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No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity

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It was that impossible thing: happiness that does not wilt to reveal the thin shoots of some new desire rising from within it. ― George Saunders

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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. ― George Washington

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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends. ― Epicurus

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I sing for equality. There is none above humanity, nothing higher

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