16 quotes found
“The divine arts; Humankind, Nature, Stars, Sun, Moon, Sea....!”
“The happiness of the superficial: when a man who has lost his donkey finds it again.”
“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.”
“Language is a social energy, and our capacity for articulate speech is the key factor that makes us different from other species. We are not as fast as cheetahs or even as horses. Nor are we as st...”
“What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty o...”
“Confusing monogamy with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other error.”
“My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy.”
“The motive of man is a mystery.”
“To serve humankind is service of being.”
“But time does not disclose its secrets to humankind, and the possible turned impossible.”
“The chaos on our planet, the plundering of resources, and the division of humanity are not the true works of any kind of man. They are the work of those who conquer over man.”
“One may deal with things without love...but you cannot deal with men without it...It cannot be otherwise, because natural love is the fundamental law of human life.”
“People? They usually ask only stupid questions, forcing you to reply with equally stupid answers. For instance, they ask you what you do, not what you would have liked to do. They ask you what you ...”
