Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.
We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be.
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