Man Quotes

The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.

Excuses are the cradle that Satan rocks men off to sleep in.

A poor man is not the one without a cent. A poor man is the one without a dream.

Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.

Death cannot touch the higher consciousness of man it can only separate those who love each other so far as their lower vehicles are concerned; the man living on earth, blinded by matter, feels separated from those who have passed onwards, but there is no such thing as Death at all.

I knew of a man who was sent to the State Prison for twenty-five years. All these years he was always thinking of his home, and counting by years, months, and days, the time till he should be free, and see his family and friends once more.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.

A truly educated man never ceases to learn.

Man scans with scrupulous care the character and pedigree of his horses, cattle, and dogs before he matches them; but when he comes to his own marriage he rarely, or never, takes any such care.

When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.