Men Quotes - Page 552

It is not the high summer alone that is God's. The winter also is His. And into His winter He came to visit us. And all man's winters are His - the winter of our poverty, the winter of our sorrow, the winter of our unhappiness - even 'the winter of our discontent.

Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

A man who has work that suits him and a wife, whom he loves, has squared his accounts with life.

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

No man can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned by a dog.

Great accomplishments start with great aspirations.

Different constraints are decisive for different situations, but the most fundamental constraint is limited time.

Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.

Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.

In all human love it must be realized that every man promises a woman, and every woman promises a man that which only God alone can give, namely, perfect happiness. One of the reasons why so many marriages are shipwrecked is because as the young couple leave the altar, they fail to realize that human feelings tire and the enthusiasm of the honeymoon is not the same as the more solid happiness of enduring human love. One of the greatest trials of marriage is the absence of solitude. In the first moments of human love, one does not see the little hidden deformities which later on appear.

There is in every man a certain feeling that he has been what he is from all eternity, and by no means become such in time.

The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but does not make him "better.".

I like men to behave like men. I like them strong and childish.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

You say, "Well, I am not going to be anyone's 'yes man.' If I see something wrong in a person, I'm going to warn others about it." Fine. But beware that what you are calling "courage to speak out" is not more truly a deception masking a rebellious, dishonouring attitude.

Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good man, a knave.

When a man looks at the stars, he grows calm and forgets small things. They answer his questions and show him that his earth is only one of the million worlds. Hold your soul still and look upward often, and you will understand their speech. Never forget the stars.

So often we think that to be encouragers we have to produce great words of wisdom when, in fact, a few simple syllables of sympathy and an arm around the shoulder can often provide much needed comfort.

If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope.

You cannot preach self-government and liberty to people in a starving land.

Before judging a thin man, one must get some information. Perhaps he was once fat.

A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.

The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine right of kings. At issue was the fundamental question of whether men's rights were God-given or whether these rights were to be dispensed by governments to their subjects. This document proclaimed that all men have certain inalienable rights. In other words, these rights came from God.

Globalization creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us, and the result is misery and unemployment.