“I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.”

“The first time I saw a picture of Elvis - I was in a state of shock, because I couldn't believe that a human being could be so beautiful.”

“In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?”

“Human beings were behaving as human beings and not as cogs in the capitalist machine.”

“I think that if men treat animals badly, they will almost certainly treat human beings badly in due course.”

“I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.”

“Love stories—yeah, there’s something about them. I cry when somebody does something good for somebody, not something horrible. I avoid all the horrible stuff. But to me, when a human being is sincerely generous, or kind or overly helpful to another human being, that’s when I tear up. I just love the idea of love.”

“I don't believe in any form of unjustified extremism! But when a man is exercising extremism — a human being is exercising extremism — in defense of liberty for human beings it's no vice, and when one is moderate in the pursuit of justice for human beings I say he is a sinner.”

“Human beings act, certainly. But none of them knows why they act as they do. There is a scattering of facts, which can be known and reported. Beyond these facts are the stories that are told. Human beings may behave like puppets, but no one is pulling the strings.”

“no insect likes human beings
and if you think you can see why
the only reason i tolerate you is because
you seem less human to me than most of them”