Quotes on Men

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

There is no life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its sort, rhymed or unrhymed.

And a man's life's no more than to say "One."

For men to tell how human life began_x000D_ _x000D_ Is hard; for who himself beginning knew?

Civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular knowledge may serve to assist others unknown to him in achieving their ends that men as members of civilized society can pursue their individual ends so much more successfully than they could alone.

All definite knowledge - so I should contend - belongs to science; all dogma as to what surpasses definite knowledge belongs to theology. But between theology and science there is a No Man's Land, exposed to attack by both sides; this No Man's Land is philosophy.

Wouldst thou know thyself, observe the actions of others._x000D_ _x000D_ Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when in truth he knows nothing but what has passed under his own eyes.

Knowledge-full, unfettered knowledge of its own heritage, of freedom's enemies, of the whole world of men and ideas-this knowledge is a free people's surest strength.

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell you, find a woman you can fall in love with. Do it. Let yourself fall in love. If you have not done so already, you are wasting your life.

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it; and one's religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification.

Having achieved and accomplished love, then the man passes into the unknown. He has become himself, his tale is told.

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.

There is only one thing that a man really wants to do, all his life; and that is, to find his way to his God, his Morning Star, salute his fellow man, and enjoy the woman who has come the long way with him.