“Religious discord has lost her sting; the cumbrous weapons of theological warfare are antiquated: the field of politics supplies the alchymists of our times with materials of more fatal explosion, and the butchers of mankind no longer travel to another world for instruments of cruelty and destruction.” WorldLostReligiousMankindFieldsMaterialsWeaponsDestructionInstrumentsCrueltyOur TimeWarfareExplosionsSuppliesTheologicalAnother WorldDiscordButchers Author:John Quincy Adams
“While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems to depend far more fundamentally upon the moral and intellectual qualities of human beings-upon the spirit that animates mankind.” HumansSeemsSpiritHuman BeingsQualityMoralMankindExpressionDependsCivilizationIntellectualInstrumentsAgencyVisible Author:Mary Ritter Beard
“I will insist the Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation. If I was an atheist and believed in blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. They are the most glorious nation that ever inhabited this Earth. The Romans and their empire were but a bubble in comparison to the Jews. They have given religion to three-quarters of the globe and have influenced the affairs of mankind more and more happily than any other nation, ancient or modern.” IfsMenShouldBelieveStillsEarthThreeGivenNationsFateModernMankindEssentialsEternalInstrumentsBlindAffairAncientAtheistJewGloriousEmpiresComparisonQuartersBubblesGlobesJudaismHebrewHands TiedJewish Religion Author:John Adams
“The vocation and mission of the faithful can only be understood in light of a renewed awareness of the Church as sacrament or sign and instrument of intimate union with God, of the unity of the whole of mankind, and of the personal duty to adhere more closely to her.” WholeLightChurchMankindAwarenessDutyUnderstoodInstrumentsUnionsUnityMissionsFaithfulIntimateSacramentsVocation Author:Pope John Paul II
“Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security.” WorldForceLove IsCreativeMankindSecurityInstrumentsAvailableQuestsPeace And Security Book:A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
“This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.” GivingSelfLove IsPleasureMankindSelf LoveInstrumentsDearPreservationProvision Book:A Philosophical Dictionary Source: A Philosophical Dictionary
“Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purpose through him. As a human being he may have moods and a will and personal aims, but as an artist he is "man" in a higher sense— he is "collective man"— one who carries and shapes the unconscious, psychic forms of mankind.” MenHumansKindMayPersonsArtEndsFormPurposeArtistRealizingHuman BeingsMankindHigherShapesArt IsAimInstrumentsMoodUnconsciousCollectivesCarrieFree WillPsychicsInnateMemories Dreams ReflectionsCollective Unconscious Author:Carl Jung