Shared Humanity Quotes:

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Inspirational, Faith, Hope, Peace And Love, Drops In The Ocean

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Life, Greatness, Humanity, Individualistic, Kings And Love

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

- Pema Chodron

topic: Relationship, Real, Compassion, Healer, Compassion And Empathy

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

source: Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

topic: Inspirational, Friendship, Positive, Social Entrepreneurship, Making A Difference In The World

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

- Margaret Mead

source: Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

topic: Inspirational, Life, Friendship, Social Democracy, Social Entrepreneurship

We all are big believers in the notion that as a species we are better together than we are apart, that the common core of our shared humanity is stronger than that which seeks to marginalize us and factualize us and turn us against each other.

- J. Michael Straczynski

source: "J. Michael Straczynski says viewers have evolved to be ready for ‘Sense8’". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. June 5, 2015.

topic: Humanity, Together, Stronger, Common Core, Better Together

We need to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our efforts to build peace and development than a world divided along religious, ethnic or cultural lines. In each nation, and among all nations, we must work to promote unity based on our shared humanity.

- Kofi Annan

source: "Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and by UN agencies". www.un.org. September 16, 2004.

topic: Religious, Effort, Understanding, Peace And Tolerance, Shared Humanity

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Witty, Humorous, Information Technology, Mobile Technology

A healthy, vital society is not one in which we all agree. It is one in which those who disagree can do so with honor and respect for other people's opinions... and an appreciation of our shared humanity.

- Marianne Williamson

source: Marianne Williamson (2013). “Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage”, p.220, Random House

topic: Appreciation, Honor And Respect, People, Shared Humanity

Imagine how our lives might be if everyone had even a bit more of the Wisdom that comes from seeing clearly. Suppose people everywhere, simultaneously, stopped what they were doing and paid attention for only as long as it took to recognize their shared humanity. Surely the heartbreak of the world's pain, visible to all, would convert everyone to kindness. What a gift that would be.

- Sylvia Boorstein

topic: Pain, Kindness, Heart, Shared Humanity

Throughout history, the arts and humanities have helped men and women around the globe grapple with the most challenging questions and come to know the most basic truths. In our increasingly interconnected world, the arts play an important role in both shaping the character that defines us and reminding us of our shared humanity. This month, we celebrate our Nation's arts and humanities, and we recommit to ensuring all Americans can access and experience them.

- Barack Obama

topic: Art, Character, Carpe Diem, Interconnected World, Reminding

The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any country, or the membership of any nation, but are presumed to be claims or entitlements of every human being. They differ, therefore, from constitutionally created rights guaranteed for specific people.

- Amartya Sen

topic: Country, Rights, People, Shared Humanity

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

- Tom Robbins

topic: Fun, Adventure, Destiny, Woodpeckers, Mature And Immature

It's time to change the conversation about nature to focus on what we all have in common: our shared humanity.

- Harrison Ford

topic: Focus, Humanity, Common, Shared Humanity

Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.

- Henri Nouwen

topic: Heart, Joy, Humanity, Shared Humanity

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Sad, Business, Lying, Social Activism, Being Weird

Coming to know one another based on a shared humanity through dialogue is the key to breaking down the walls of isolation and reversing the decline of life-to-life bonds among human beings.

- Vinessa Shaw

topic: Wall, Keys, Humanity, Shared Humanity

One of the ongoing themes in my work, I hope, and one of the things I believe in, is a sense of human nature, a sense of shared humanity above the cultural layers we place on ourselves [which don't] mean that much compared to the human experience.

- Chris Hondros

source: Chris Hondros (2014). “Testament”, p.2, powerHouse Books

topic: Believe, Mean, Humanity, Shared Humanity

Science and reason liberate us from the shackles of superstition by offering us a framework for understanding our shared humanity. Ultimately, we all have the capacity to treasure life and enrich the world in incalculable ways.

- Gad Saad

topic: Atheist, Offering, Understanding, Shared Humanity

There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

- Molly Ivins

topic: Powerful, Two, People, Chuckles, Foibles