Man Quotes

Men will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences. Science will go on whether we are pessimistic or optimistic, as I am. More interesting discoveries than we can imagine will be made, and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.

By a lie a man throws away, and as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man.

Man desires concord; but nature know better what is good for his species; she desires discord.

A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see.

To write a tragedy, a man must feel the tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.

Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility: the man who loses himself finds himself and finds his happiness.

The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.