“It seemed like an original act, the very kindest act of being human, that he listened.”
“-though sometimes it seems to mention a man who simply acts like a decent human being gets undue praise”
“I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.”
“When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.”
“Mere animals couldn’t possibly manage to act like this. You need to be a human being to be really stupid.”
“One act, by one individual human being, creates a new humanity.”