Quotes
Quotes about Man
If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion, it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the world, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed--I well know. For it is a sign that he has tried to surpass himself.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment - the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and remains free from entanglements.
Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue--you sell him a whole new life.
Absurdity, n. a statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
There is one art of which man should be master, the art of reflection.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our present consciousness is only one out of many worlds of consciousness that exist.
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.
