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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.
Source: 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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Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.
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Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
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Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
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Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.
Source: Philosophy and Politics
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