Albert Pike Quotes

Our stories are different; our pain is the same.

I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share together the happiness and suffering.

I recognize every member of the human family as a brother; and if it was done by human beings, it was done by my brethren.

We all bleed the same color. It hurts when we bleed.

Whatever the reason is, I am happiest when connecting with the human experience. It lets me know that I'm not alone in this world.

I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world.

The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.

I'm a humanist at heart: at the end of the day, we are all human beings.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment.

We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

We need to understand that whatever we do, we're all human beings first.

Only the artists interest me whose hearts beat in unison with the poignant misery of the world. If you have not felt that, you have not lived. Pity is essential.

I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.

No one is ever really a stranger. We cling to the belief that we share nothing with certain people. It's rubbish. We have almost everything in common with everyone.

I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.

The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

The children of Adam, created of the self-same clay, are members of one body. When one member suffers, all members suffer, likewise. O Thou, who art indifferent to the suffering of the fellow, thou art unworthy to be called a man. بنى آدم اعضای يك پیکرند که در آفرينش ز یک گوهرند چو عضوى به درد آورد روزگار دگر عضوها را نماند قرار تو کز محنت دیگران بی غمی نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی

One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me...

Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.