Quotes about Man

But, as, when any of the prouder passions are hurt, it is much better philosophy to let a man slip into a good temper than to attack him in a bad one

Since, then, man cannot make principles, from whence did he gain a knowledge of them, so as to be able to apply them, not only to things on earth, but to ascertain the motion of bodies so immensely distant from him as all the heavenly bodies are? From whence, I ask, could he gain that knowledge, but from the study of the true theology?

All the religions known in the world are founded, so far as they relate to man, on the unity of man, as being all of one degree. whether in heaven or in hell, or in whatever state man may be supposed to exist hereafter, the good and the bad are the only distinctions.

What greater dignity can be put upon a mortal man, than to converse with his Maker, and to walk with God every day?

Morality shoots short of heaven. It is only nature refined. A moral man is but old Adam dressed in fine clothes. The king's image counterfeited and stamped upon brass will not go current.

This is a sign of a new nature: when a man hates what he once loved! And because he hates sin, therefore he fights against it with the "sword of the Spirit" (Eph 6:17), as a man who hates a serpent seeks the destruction of it.

Time is numbered only to man.

Shall man's basest desires receive the fullest measure of gratification, and his purest aspirations starve for lack of sustenance?

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Imagination is a quality that was given to man compensate him from whats not. The sense of humor was given to console him from what is.

Do you smoke? Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. I'm glad to hear of it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind.

The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world's sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.