MAN. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be
Quotes
Ambrose Bierce
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth
Mahatma Gandhi
I now want to know all things under the sun, and the moon, too. For all things are beautiful in themselves, and become more beautiful when known to man. Knowledge is Life with wings
Kahlil Gibran
When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity
Dale Carnegie
The sun will set without thy assistance
The Talmud
It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people
Miles Franklin
Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow
Aesop
Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours
Richard Bach
Self-reflection is the school of wisdom
Baltasar Gracián
What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm. It brings men together in crowds and mobs in bar-rooms and elsewhere, but it does not deserve the name of virtue
Henry David Thoreau