Man Quotes

An honest man here lies at rest, the friend of man the friend of truth the friend of age and guide of youth. Few hearts like his with virtue warmed, few heads with knowledge so informed. If there’s another world, he lives in bliss. If there is none, he made the best of this.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.

Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.