Men Quotes - Page 1182

Who wants to do good in this world must deny oneself. A man does not live on this Earth to be happy or to be honest only - he has to do great things for humanity, achieve the generosity of the spirit and rise above the banality where most of the people are drowning and wasting their days.

The chief requirement of the good life, is to live without any image of oneself.

It is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich man [depositing his money] in a bank, lodged in her hands most copiously all things pertaining to the truth.

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.

The sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it's by no means dreadful.

There will always be some people who think for themselves, even among the self-appointed guardians of the great mass who, after having thrown off the yoke of immaturity themselves, will spread about them the spirit of a reasonable estimate of their own value and of the need for every man to think for himself.

They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.

If you've got Mystique as your girlfriend the fun you could have in bed - I've just imagined X-Men 3 might open with me in bed with Patrick Stewart.

I felt like a monster reincarnation of Horatio Alger: A man on the move, and just sick enough to be totally confident.

A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can't afford to admit - no matter how often he's reminded of it - that every day of his life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley.

There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.

Freedom to speak and write about public questions is as important to the life of our government as is the heart to the human body. In fact, this privilege is the heart of our government. If that heart be weakened, the result is debilitation; if it be stilled, the result is death.

To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading.

Politics is the only serious. subject that men think themselves qualified to act upon without any previous education or instruction whatever. If it happened to be astronomy, or botany, or medicine, or law, he would never be allowed to work in any of these arts, or to take a decisive part in the history of any one of these sciences without having, at least, acquired: the A B C of it; but the awful fact of politics is that we do not take the trouble seriously to understand the political situation.

When a man but half forgives his enemy, it is like leaving a bag of rusty nails to interpose between them.

The notion of the single man began in the 1950's. The idea of the bachelor as a separate life was new and obscure.

A man is not a dictator when he is given a commission from the people and carries it out.

Our task is tough, and our time is limited. Party organizations and governments at all levels must give priority to emission reduction and bring the idea deep into people's hearts.

Very important thing to keep in mind, that when justice comes and when injustices are remedied, they’re not remedied by the initiative of the national government or the politicians. They only respond to the power of social movements.

If in doubt, do not pain. Inflict as little pain as possible. Look for alternatives to punishments, not only alternative punishments

Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.

After listening to you for slightly more than one hour, I can tell that you are a strong and intelligent man and that you want peace

I am a simple man and I want simple answers.

In the eyes of God all men, indeed all creatures, may be equal: but the divine law of the individual is to maintain and to defend his individuality.

The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar than by squarely earning it.