“And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity.” YearsLastsAmericaHumanityLanguageJusticeWhitePoorPromiseMetsConcernedTonightTwelveFifteenTranquilityStatus QuoRiotFifteen YearsUnheardPlight Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“God cannot change. He cannot be anything other than who He is. Out of His love and His promises, you were selected as His treasure. God's faithfulness has been the bedrock of His dealings with humanity throughout time.” Has BeensHumanityPromiseTreasureHis LoveFaithfulnessSelectedDealingsBedrockGod's Faithfulness Author:Graham Cooke
“Entranced by promises of a material paradise of limitless luxury, humanity has too long ignored the mismatch between the imperatives of our existence as living beings on a finite planet and the imperatives of the institutions of money that chart our path to the future. Created to build colonial empires in service to kings, global corporations are ill suited to the task of building just, sustainable, and compassionate civil societies that nurture sufficiency, partnership, and respect for the whole of life.” LongWholeHumanityExistencePathBuildingPlanetsMaterialsKingsPromiseTasksInstitutionsEnvironmentalIllLuxuryCorporationsParadiseEmpiresCompassionateSustainabilityPartnershipNurtureIgnoredFiniteLimitlessImperativesCivil SocietySufficiencyMismatch Author:David Korten
“Liberty is of small value to the lower third of humanity. They greatly prefer security, which means protection by some class above them. They are always in favor of despots who promise to feed them. The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.” MenMeanValuesHumanityLibertyClassSunSecurityPromiseThirdsProtectionFavorsQuittingCherishInferiorsScratchesDespots Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“Our modern world of old story is completely failing humanity. This is the reason that increasing numbers of people have become and are becoming disillusioned from politics. People don't like voting. Whoever you vote, government gets in. Whatever they promise, they never fulfill.” PeopleWorldReasonStoriesGovernmentHumanityNumbersFailingModernBecomingPromiseVoteVotingModern WorldDisillusioned Author:Satish Kumar
“I'd like to turn the whole Jesus story around and look at it from a different vantage point, to consider that he was a human being who achieved such promise of humanity that he entered into what I think God is: mainly, the power of life, the power of love and what Paul Tillich, a German theologian of the mid-twentieth century, called "the ground of all being."” ThinkingHumansLooksDifferentWholeStoriesHumanityTurnsJesusHuman BeingsCenturyPromiseTheologianTwentieth CenturyPower Of LoveVantage Point Author:John Shelby Spong
“All right." He straightened up and seemed to be true to his promise to let it go. "I will be a man about this." That lasted until he saw the scratches on the hood from the mountain lion and the front fender, Where Abigail had dragged it off the driveway. Wailing, he went to it and sank to his knees. He sprawled over the hood and laid his head on the damaged fender. "I'm so sorry, Bets. I should of hidden the keys. Booted your tires. Something. I had know idea anyone would hurt you so, baby. I swear I'll never let anyone hurt you again. Ayyy, how could they do this to you? How? Oh the humanity!” KnowsMenShouldIdeasHumanityHurtSawsFrontsBabyKeysPromiseMountainSorryBeing TrueKneesLionsSwearTireScratchesBe A ManLet It GoHoodYou AgainWailingDrivewayAbigailI'm So Sorry Book:Retribution Source: Retribution
“What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone? How else can we put ourselves in harmonious relation with the great verities and consolations of the infinite and the eternal? And I avow my faith that we are marching towards better days. Humanity will not be cast down. We are going on swinging bravely forward along the grand high road and already behind the distant mountains is the promise of the sun.” IfsWorldLifeUseHumanityCausesBehindsSunGonePromiseMountainEternalRelationInfiniteStriveCastsNobleBetter PlaceConsolationHarmoniousBetter DaysHigh RoadNoble Causes Author:Winston Churchill
“For I'll keep my humanity, though I did not keep my promises. ... and Love shall not be wrested from my veins.” HumanityPromiseAnd LoveVeins Book:Mornings in Jenin Source: Mornings in Jenin