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

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.

W'en you see a man in woe, Walk right up and say "hullo." Say "hullo" and "how d'ye do," "How's the world a-usin' you?" . . . . W'en you travel through the strange Country t'other side the range, Then the souls you've cheered will know Who you be, an' say "hullo."

He held his seat; a friend to human race.

Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor.

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

Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!

For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in then, in us a Reasoning Soul; That kindred feelings might our state improve, And mutual wants conduct to mutual love.

Every human heart is human.

Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame; Ev'ything thet's done inhuman Injers all on 'em the same.

It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.

For nothing human foreign was to him.

For the interesting and inspiring thing about America, gentlemen, is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself.

Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.

But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, why wasn't it done the other way?

It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.