Quotes on Men

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged.

A man of true science... thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

This has been far more than three men on a mission to the Moon; more still than the efforts of a government and industry team; more, even, than the efforts of one nation. We feel this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.

Bore: a man who is never unintentionally rude.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

It’s not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It’s not the end-all, be-all of my life.

I just know that every man I kill the farther away from home I feel.

White men make up 30% of America but they hold 70% of the board seats.

The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist.

Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing waters of direct perception. Attune yourself to the active inner Guidance; the Divine Voice has the answer to every dilemma of life. Through man's ingenuity for getting himself into trouble appears to be endless, the Infinite Succor is no less resourceful.

The American appetite for loneliness impressed me, and there was something about this solitude that freed conversation. One night at a bar, I met a man, and within five minutes he explained that he had just been released from prison. Another drinker told me that his wife had passed away, and he had recently suffered a heart attack, and now he hoped that he would die within the year. I learned that there's no reliable small talk in America; at any moment a conversation can become personal.

The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable pre-condition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In order to be content, men must also have the possibility of developing their intellectual and artistic powers to whatever extent accords with their personal characteristics and abilities.

I do not believe that a man should be restrained in his daily actions by being afraid of punishment after death or that he should do things only because in this way he will be rewarded after he dies. This does not make sense. The proper guidance during the life of a man should be the weight that he puts upon ethics and the amount of consideration that he has for others.

I have lived to prove Thoreau's contention that a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.