Humanity and Solidarity

Yet tell me, my brothers: if a goal for humanity is still lacking, is there not still lacking--humanity itself?

Man has been reared by his errors: first he never saw himself other than imperfectly, second he attributed to himself imaginary qualities, third he felt himself in a false order of rank with animal and nature, fourth he continually invented new tables of values and for a time took each of them to be eternal and unconditional...If one deducts the effect of these four errors, one has also deducted away humanity, humaneness, and 'human dignity'.

People have always wanted to 'improve' human beings; for the most part, this has been called morality.

Like a last signpost to the other path, Napoleon appeared, the most isolated and late-born man there has even been, and in him the problem of the noble ideal as such made flesh--one might well ponder what kind of problem it is; Napoleon this synthesis of the inhuman and the superhuman

Man is something that shall be overcome.Man is a rope,tied between beast and overman - a rope over an abyss.What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.

Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get around them.

Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.

It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

At the center of non-violence stands the principal of love.

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings, and all beings in his own self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say to him: “What are you going through?”

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.

Never hesitate to hold out your hand; never hesitate to accept the outstretched hand of another.

What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else.