Quotes about men
men thinking agreement
Men are much more apt to agree in what they do than in what they think. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
men littles stills
The little man is still a man.
men he-man force
The man who masters himself is delivered from the force that binds all creatures.
men perfect sensitive
A mathematician is only perfect insofar as he is a perfect man, sensitive to the beauty of truth.
men luxury noble
Noble be man, helpful and good!
men healthy-habits comfort
Habit is a man's sole comfort. We dislike doing without even unpleasant things to which we have become accustomed.
men would-be lord
All men would be masters of others, and no man is lord of himself.
men religion atheism
The greatest act of faith takes place when a man finally decides that he is not God.
men mind doubt
There is no permanence in doubt; it incites the mind to closer inquiry and experiment, from which, if rightly managed, certainty proceeds, and in this alone can man find thorough satisfaction.
men littles merit
Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.
men may path
Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to that path which nature has marked out for him.
men destiny suffering
What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted cup of bitterness?
men joy suffering
Does not man lack the force at the very point where he needs it most? And when he soars upward in joy, or sinks down in suffering, is not checked in both, is he not returned again to the dull, cold sphere of awareness, just when he was longing to lose himself in the fullness of the infinite.
men healthy mind
It is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being... He can no more communicate his own wisdom to him than a healthy man can instil his strength into the invalid by whose bedside he is seated.
men suffering coward
The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
men wind hair
Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again.
men wish desire
The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.
men goal world
The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.
men goal achieve
The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
men giving half
What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.
men literature purpose
To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.
men woods stuff
Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
men noble earth
Noble be man, Helpful and good! For that alone Sets him apart From every other creature On earth.
men data age
The modern age has a false sense of superiority, because of the great mass of data at its disposal. But the valid criterion of distinction is rather the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.
men privilege loses
The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.
men mind noble
The theater has often been at variance with the pulpit; they ought not to quarrel. How much is it to be wished that in both the celebration of nature and of God were intrusted to none but men of noble minds.
men reflection world
The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find him above as below his reputation.
men water forever
The soul of man is like to water; from Heaven it cometh, to Heaven it riseth And then returning to earth, forever alternating.
men law study
If a man sets out to study all the laws, he will have no time left to transgress them.
men ignorant language
A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is also ignorant of his own language.
men ungrateful weakness
Ingratitude is always a kind of weakness. I have never known men of ability to be ungrateful.
men envy he-man
What a day it is when we must envy the men in their graves.
men faces saws
She was, if anything, on the plain side, at least not the type to attract men wherever she went. But there was something in her face that was meant for me alone. Everytime we met, I took a good look at her. And loved what I saw. Haruki Murakami