Quotes about Man, page 19

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about man

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about man

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about man

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about man

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about man

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about man

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about man

I am glad I am a woman. I never had any desire to be a boy or a man.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about man

I can only pray that I will be born female again, and that men are still men in the world.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about man

No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about man

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women.

Quote by Maria Callas about man

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Quote by Albert Camus about man

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

Quote by Albert Camus about man

After a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Quote by Albert Camus about man

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

Quote by Albert Camus about man

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

Quote by Albert Camus about man

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Quote by Albert Camus about man

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Quote by Albert Camus about man

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about man

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about man