Willa Cather Quote – Human Stories
“There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely I as if they had never happened before.” – Willa Cather
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Tim Farrington Quote – The Heart Of Our Humanity
“Possibly the heart of our humanity is to want something we cannot achieve by our own efforts.” – Tim Farrington
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Pope Francis Quote – Humanity
“None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.” – Pope Francis
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Dalai Lama Quote – Love And Compassion Are Necessities
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” – Dalai Lama
Read moreHorror over baby murder
Changchun, China The senseless killing of an infant has plunged China’s social media sites into another round of soul-searching. The baby was in a car stolen outside a grocery in northeastern China, and the carjacker admitted to strangling and burying the child. Chinese Internet users contrasted the story with a similar incident in New York City last month, in which […]
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Humanity Trumps Payday
When Chinese fisherman CaiTu hauled in a 200-pound, 100-year-old sea turtle, he knew he had to do the right thing and release the endangered animal. The decision wasn’t easy: Cai could have earned two months’ wages by selling the delicacy to a restaurant, where it would have been made into soup. “I looked into that turtle’s eyes and saw something […]
Read moreThe human side of the oil industry
The temporary housing settlements of Williston, N.D., might seem like an unlikely haunt for archaeologists. Nonetheless, a team of “punk archaeologists” are there, finding the history in the present by peering into the lives of people at the heart of North Dakota’s oil industry. Thanks to the lucrative nature of the “Bakken boom” — the ongoing oil drilling in North […]
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