637 quotes found
“Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride.”
“You shall love your crooked neighbour, with your crooked heart.”
“I have only to contemplate myself; man comes from nothing, passes through time, and disappears forever in the bosom of God. He is seen but for a moment wandering on the verge of two abysses, and th...”
“He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.”
“...the primary paradox that man is superior to all the things around him and yet is at their mercy.”
“You are soft person you said. But you're soft as shit: it is very soft but stinking!”
“The mature man lives quietly, does good privately, takes responsibility for his actions, treats others with friendliness and courtesy, finds mischief boring and avoids it. Without the hidden conspi...”
“The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said "This is mine," and found people nave enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, an...”
“But in truth, neither the lonely meditations of the hermit nor the turmulos raptures of the reveller, are capable of satisfying mans heart. From the one we gather unquiet speculation, from the othe...”
“Its funny how our desires often tend to circle around the whims and fancies of others rather than the self. One school of thought has a convincing explanation that this is because we live in a soci...”
“That time is long gone. But aren't we still the same people?”
“Look at 'em,' he said. 'Goddam fools.' 'Who?' said Ginnie. 'I don't know. Anybody.”
“With human beings the urge to make peace takes some time to germinate, while Homo Sapiens is always ready to hate.”
“...for a man is a Herdentier - an animal that always follows the herd, a gregarious animal - and quickly follow's its neighbour example.”
“Right conscience and at the higher level conscientious deeds (spirituality) is the order of civilised and society-responsible men”
“Unfortunately, we-especially in the United States-have become increasingly mechanized, so that today we feel very strongly that if we can take anything out of human hands and especially out of the ...”
“We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison.”
“To be quite accurate, human nature is simply what it is; it has its dark and its light sides. The sum of all colours is grey - light on a dark background or dark on light.”
“Life is ephemeral; each moment passes quickly, a blur of color on a fast moving subway car. There and gone and all we are left with is the imprint of what once was.”
“Ambiguity begets participation.”
