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Eudora
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Eudora asked in Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophy · 1 decade ago

Can you name 5 qualities of mankind that inspires you?

My favorites are;

1. The capacity to sacrifice one's life for someone unknown.

2. The ability to sustain love beyond one's self.

3. The ingenuity to create magnificent works of art.

4. Our ability to heal, despite brutal circumstances.

5. And our great capacity to forgive, even under the cruelest conditions.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    1) Love, to feel emotions towards someone. The unconditional love between a mother and child.

    2) Selflessness, Acts of kindless for no apparent reason, doing things for the thought of other people with no gain to yourself.

    3) Pride, Being proud of yourself, being able to stand up for your beliefs and not being worried about peoples reactions.

    4) Confidence, Being able to talk to people without worrying, making them feel at ease themselves, and again beingable to 'speak out'.

    5) Gratitude, being thankful for what you have without taking it for granted.

  • Jack P
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Overall, I'm not much impressed by mankind, nor inspired by what I see as his history, his intelligence, his honesty, his accomplishments as a species.

    However, it's difficult not to feel a profound respect for individual acts of conspicuous courage, sacrifice, intelligence, craft, skill, and innovation.

    The Wright brothers come to mind.

    Audie Murphy's battlefield experience, along with Cortez's fight across the causeway.

    Schweitzer.

    Helen Keller.

    Van Gogh

    Galileo

    The charge of the Light Brigade

    Rasputin, even, a few moments before his death.

    Beethoven when the 9th Symphony was first played, directed by him.

    Occasionally human beings are capable of performing acts of many kinds to cause the mind to pause and wonder, the breath to hold.

  • 1 decade ago

    To be able to give birth to another being.

    To exist in such a diverse world.

    To invent and build incredible things.

    To achieve the impossible and make it possible.

    The ability to learn and teach.

  • 1 decade ago

    thinking good for all

    genuine love

    sacrificing ones life for others

    ability to imagine beyond this world

    making someone feel special

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  • 1 decade ago

    jumping on one leg to get the water out of ones ear is right at the top.

  • 1 decade ago

    Desire to help in need

    Forgiveness

    Never stop learning

    If fails, try again and again

    Love for others

  • Alex
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Humbleness

    Open-mindedness

    Persistence

    Enthusiasm

    Simulation

    Good luck!

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