Man Quotes
It contributes greatly towards a man’s moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie’s man’s only promise.
Leo BuscagliaLeo Buscaglia Time and tide wait for no man.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
ThucydidesThucydides It makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I’m just so blessed.
Eddie Van HalenEddie Van Halen I’d rather be one of the devotees of God than one of the straight, so-called sane or normal people who just don’t understand that man is a spiritual being, that he has a soul.
George HarrisonGeorge Harrison Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.
Martin HeideggerMartin Heidegger The world is a raving idiot, and no man can kill it: though I’ll do my best. But you’re right. We must rescue ourselves as best we can.
D. H. LawrenceD. H. Lawrence To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Man cannot survive except through his mind.
Ayn RandAyn Rand What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man’s hands.
Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw I will laugh at the world. And most of all, I will laugh at myself for man is most comical when he takes himself too seriously.
Og MandinoOg Mandino