“The morality of the 21st century will depend on how we respond to this simple but profound question: Does every human life have equal moral value simply and merely because it is human?” HumansDoeValuesSimpleMoralCenturyDependsMoralityEqualProfoundHuman Life21st CenturyMoral Values Author:Wesley J. Smith
“Facts are to the mind what food is to the body. On the due digestion of the former depend the strength and wisdom of the one, just as vigor and health depend on the other. The wisest in council, the ablest in debate, and the most agreeable companion in the commerce of human life, is that man who has assimilated to his understanding the greatest number of facts.” MenMindHumansFactsBodyLife IsUnderstandingNumbersDependsDuesDebateFormerHuman LifeCompanionCommerceCouncilWisestVigorDigestionE CommerceStrength And Wisdom Author:Edmund Burke
“Throughout history, independent minds have carried mankind forward. Whether they identified how to make fire or manufacture tools, develop rational philosophy or create man-glorifying art, pioneer scientific knowledge or invent the electric light, independent thinkers have created the goods on which human life and prosperity depend.” MenMindHumansArtPhilosophyLightFireMankindDependsToolsIndependentProsperityRationalHuman LifeGoodsThinkerElectricPioneersScientific KnowledgeElectric Light Author:Andrew Bernstein
“As soon as a man stands up and says he is right or his church is right, and all others are wrong, he is himself all wrong. He does not know that upon the proof of all the others depends the proof of his own. Love and charity for the whole human race, that is the test of true religiousness. I do not mean the sentimental statement that all men are brothers, but that one must feel the oneness of human life.” KnowsMenFeelsHumansMeanDoeWholeChurchRaceBrotherDependsTestsCharityProofStatementsOnenessHuman LifeHuman RaceSentimental Book:Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind Source: Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind
“Human life depends not only on income but also on social opportunities, [for example] what the state does for educating.” HumansDoeStatesOpportunitySocialExampleDependsIncomeHuman Life Author:Amartya Sen
“Human life and humanity come into being in genuine encounters. The hope for this hour depends upon the renewal of the immediacy of dialogue among human beings.” HumansHumanityHoursHuman BeingsDependsGenuineDialogueHuman LifeEncountersRenewalImmediacy Author:Martin Buber