Much had he read, Much more had he seen; he studied from the life, And in th' original perus'd mankind. — John Armstrong Copy Share Image
Classical music is one of the best things that ever happened to mankind. If you get introduced to it in the right… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property. — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
True prayer is not when you fold your hands for yourself. It is when you pray for the people you love; when… — Chanda Kaushik Copy Share Image
Why cannot we work at cooperative schemes and search for the common ground binding all mankind together? — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“You are not born to follow the society, you are born to inspire it - you are born to teach it -… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
To be true to the mythical conception of a God is to be false to the interests of mankind. — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The capitalist system has lifted mankind out of mass poverty. It is this system that in the last century, in the last… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men.… — Li Ka-shing Copy Share Image
I certainly feel that the time is not far distant when a knowledge of the principles of diet will be an essential… — Fannie Farmer Copy Share Image
I firmly believe, that before many centuries more, science will be the master of man. The engines he will have invented will… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
It's in no way my interest (according to the common acceptance of that word) to convince the world of their errors; that… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
The artist's view of the world and mankind is that which seeks as far as possible to lose itself in its object,… — Egon Friedell Copy Share Image
“. . . the mysteries, on belief in which theology would hang the destinies of mankind, are cunningly devised fables whose origin… — Edward Clodd Copy Share Image
It seems as though mankind has forgotten the laws of its divine Saviour, Who preached love and forgiveness of injuries—and that men… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Law is justice. And it is under the law of justice - under the reign of right; under the influence of liberty,… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
The existing order is breaking down at a very rapid rate, and the main uncertainty is whether mankind can exert a positive… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
While science has nothing of value to say on the great and aching questions of life, death, love and meaning, what the… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
At the root of everything that we’re trying to accomplish is the belief that America has a mission. We are a nation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change; Then let it come: I have no dread of what Is called for by… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Gratitude, as it were, is the moral memory of mankind. In this respect, it differs from faithfulness by being more practical and… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
No adversity is in kind or degree peculiar to us; but if we survey the conditions of other men (of our brethren… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
It is surprising to see what superficial, inconsequential reasonings satisfy the most part of mankind. A piece of wit, a jest, a… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
For the great mass of mankind the only saving grace that is needed is steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
To imagine the world without gods and religion is reasonable enough; to imagine mankind without them is an entirely different matter. — Anthony Marais Copy Share Image
The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
What men call civilization is the condition of present customs; what they call barbarism, the condition of past ones. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
You should avoid hedging, at least that's what I think. You should be ashamed to die until you've made some contribution to… — Vernon Johns Copy Share Image
When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration? — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
Dear, dear, the miniature world of the family! All the emotions of mankind seem to find a place in it. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
Love is the greatest corrupter ever known and has been the numbers one downfall of mankind since the first creation. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind. — Irving Langmuir Copy Share Image
Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment, the moment in which… — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
Since the beginning of time mankind has used music and dance to commune with the spirit of nature and the spirit of… — Goa Gil Copy Share Image
The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
Man is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
Whatever science and philosophy may do for mankind, the world can never outgrow its need of the simplicity that is in Christ. — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
