Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.

Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn

An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path.
But he read more

An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path.
But he that has humanity, forewarned,
Will turn aside and let the reptile live.

man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or read more

If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.

Love, hope, fear, faith--these make humanity;
These are its sign and note and character.

Love, hope, fear, faith--these make humanity;
These are its sign and note and character.

Which is it, is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's?

Which is it, is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's?

The human spirit is your specifically human dimension and contains abilities other creatures do not have. Every human is spiritual; read more

The human spirit is your specifically human dimension and contains abilities other creatures do not have. Every human is spiritual; in fact, spirit is the essence of being human. You have a body that may become ill; you have a psyche that may become disturbed. But the spirit is what you are. It is your healthy core.

Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.

Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.