Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
A man has many parts, he is virtually everything, and you are free to select in him that part which pleases you. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
At the same time it offered the hope, as it still does, that improved understanding could better the lot of mankind. For… — James Tobin Copy Share Image
It is Hell, of course, that makes priests powerful, not Heaven, for after thousands of years of so-called civilization fear remains the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
In the long run, only woman remains true to mankind's foremost mission. Whatever she achieves, she achieves through herself, and alone. Man's… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Listen to no one's advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind... — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
It has been universally recognized, in all authentic teachings of mankind, that every being born into this world has to work, not… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
The characteristic feature of the loser is to bemoan, in general terms, mankind's flaws, biases, contradictions, and irrationality - without exploiting them… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
We are just a blip. I found it very interesting when Clive [Oppenheimer] interviewed the Ethiopian scientists and asked them, "Do we… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“I find it odd- the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
With respect to those points, on which the declaration of Scripture is positive and decisive, as, for instance, in asserting the low… — William Buckland Copy Share Image
Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, when they are late, it is reasonable… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
O why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heav'n With Spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair… — John Milton Copy Share Image
What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth in him, if he rests at last… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
