Circumstances Quote by Adlai E. Stevenson

To act intelligently in human affairs is only possible if an attempt is made to understand the thoughts, motives, and apprehension of one's opponent…

— Albert Einstein

A man governs himself by the dictates of virtue and good sense, who acts without zeal or passion in points that are of no…

— Joseph Addison

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

— Felix Frankfurter

“The security of society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of society, as a healthy organism, is the…

— Oscar Wilde

“The intention of this book is to explain how an ill-educated, psychologically unbalanced nonentity succeeded in mesmerizing an entire nation,”

— Paul Roland

“Man, it is anounced, has the obligation to be intelligent, and he can signify his consent to this obligation by putting himself in the…

— Mysterious

Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“While the noble man lives in trust and openness with himself ( gennaios 'of noble descent' underlines the nuance 'upright' and probably also 'naïve'),…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence.

— Jean de la Bruyere

“A traveler who had seen many countries, peoples and several of the earth’s continents was asked what attribute he had found in men everywhere.…

— NIETZSCHE FRIEDRICH WILHELM

Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow