Quotes
Quotes about Man
The automobile has not merely taken over the street, it has dissolved the living tissue of the city ... Gas-filled, noisy and hazardous, our streets have become the most inhumane landscape in the world.
The economic and technological triumphs of the past few years have not solved as many problems as we thought they would, and, in fact, have brought us new problems we did not foresee.
I sing the Poppy! The frail snowy weed! The flower of Mercy! that within its heart Doth keep "a drop serene" for human need, A drowsy balm for every bitter smart. For happy hours the Rose will idly blow-- The Poppy hath a charm for pain and woe.
Every castle of the air Sleeps in the fine black grains, and there Are seeds for every romance, or light Whiff of a dream for a summer night.
And would it not be proud romance Falling in some obscure advance, To rise, a poppy field of France?
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman--and each nation--must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem.
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!
Ah, yet, e'er I descend to th' grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books both true, Both wise, and both delightful too. And since Love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as Guardian angels are, Only belov'd and loving me.
Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."
For what one has in black and white, One can carry home in comfort. [Ger., Denn was man schwarz auf weiss besitzt, Kann man getrost nach Hause tragen.]
Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, many.
There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.
And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: . . . . So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decrees was given at Shushan the palace.
The postman always rings twice.
A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment!
A piece of simple goodness--a letter gushing from the heart; a beautiful unstudied vindication of the worth and untiring sweetness of human nature--a record of the invulnerability of man, armed with high purpose, sanctified by truth.
I despise mankind in all its strata; I foresee that our descendants will be still far unhappier than we are. Would I not be a criminal if, notwithstanding this view, I should provide for progeny, i.e. for unfortunates? [Ger., Ich verachte die Menschheit in allen ihren Schichten; ich sehe es voraus, dass unsere Nachkommen noch weit unglucklicher sein werden, als wir. Sollte ich nicht ein Sunder sein, wenn ich trotz dieser Ansicht fur Nachkommen, d.h. fur Ungluckliche sorgte?
The man was laughed at as a blunderer who said in a public business: "we do much for posterity; I would fain see them do something for us."
The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.
Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
