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Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer—and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
The Virtue of Selfishness (1964) -
Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.
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Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.
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Man is to himself the most wonderful object in nature; for he cannot conceive what the body is, still less what the mind is, and least of all how a body should be united to a mind. This is the consummation of his difficulties, and yet it is his very being.
Pensees (1669) -
Man knows so much and does so little.
Richard Buckminster Fuller
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983) -
Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were.
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Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.
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Man loves company, even if it is only that of a smoldering candle.
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
Pensees (1669) -
Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.
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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.
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Man may be considered as having a twofold origin - natural, which is common and the same to all - patronymic, which belongs to the various families of which the whole human race is composed.
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Man may be defined as the animal that can say ''I,'' that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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