Definition of Humanity

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Humanity

The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

Mankind collectively; the human race.

The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness.

Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.

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Humanity Quotations

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Buddha

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
Thomas Jefferson

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
Dalai Lama

While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.
Maya Angelou

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Albert Einstein

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
Albert Einstein

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
Mark Twain

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
Kahlil Gibran

Humanity Translations

humanity in Latin is clementia
humanity in Norwegian is menneskehet, mennesklighet
humanity in Spanish is humanidad

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