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  • George Santayana A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Bhagavad Gita A man's own self is his friend. A man's own self is his foe.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Vilayat Inayat Khan A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less.
    Vilayat Inayat Khan
    Teacher of meditation and of the traditions of Sufism (1882 - 1927)
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  • William Shakespeare A plague of sighing and grie blows a man up like a bladder.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
    Source: Insecurity of Freedom
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    French writer (1900 - 1944)
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  • Edgar Allan Poe A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.
    Edgar Allan Poe
    American poet, writer and critic (1809 - 1849)
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  • Thomas Fuller A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Gloria Steinem A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Pablo Picasso Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Marguerite Duras Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny.
    Marguerite Duras
    French author and filmmaker (1914 - 1996)
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  • Samuel Butler All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Samuel Butler All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Meister Eckhart All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.
    Meister Eckhart
    German mystic (1260 - 1328)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Derek Jarman All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ideal of racial purity.
    Derek Jarman
    British movie maker, artist, writer (1942 - 1994)
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  • William Shakespeare Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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