Man Quotes
Being the rational animal, man must be capable of thinking if he really wants to. Still, it may be that man wants to think, but cannot.
Martin HeideggerMartin Heidegger A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.
Robert FrostRobert Frost Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?
VirgilVirgil Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher A life without thinking is quite possible; it then fails to develop its own essence – it is not merely meaningless; it is not fully alive. Unthinking men are like sleepwalkers
Hannah ArendtHannah Arendt The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.
Earl WarrenEarl Warren Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr. If a man does his best, what else is there?
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
Nikola TeslaNikola Tesla The full man does not understand the wants of the hungry.
Karl MarxKarl Marx People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir Men’s indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
ThucydidesThucydides I think nature’s imagination Is so much greater than man’s, she’s never going to let us relax
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman