Man Quotes

The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.

I’m just what America needs: another unemployed black man.

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

It doesn’t matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I’m a woman or a man.

Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.