Quotes
Quotes about Man
The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.
A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.
The soundtrack to Indecent Exposure is a romantic mix of music that I know most women love to hear, so I never keep it far from me when women are nearby.
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24].
Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.
No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems very unlikely that anyone will do so for many years.
If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up another.
Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eye Forever doth accompany mankind, Hath look'd on no religion scornfully That men did ever find.
No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to keep the Commandments.
Synods are mystical Bear-gardens. Where Elders, Deputies, Church-wardens, And other Members of the Court, Manage the Babylonish sport.
On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret, and hope, and brotherly commiseration.
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls of the hearers.
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but by the disappearance of the groups that have adhered to the "wrong" beliefs.
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.
A man often preaches his beliefs precisely when he has lost them and is looking everywhere for them, and, on such occasions, his preaching is by no means at its worst.
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
