Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse.

Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for read more

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink read more

Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink of it
Then, if you can.

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

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

Man makes holy what he beleives, as he makes beautiful what he loves.

Man makes holy what he beleives, as he makes beautiful what he loves.

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.

Man is an ape with possibilities.

Man is an ape with possibilities.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

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.