Book Quote by Baltasar Gracian

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their…

— William Ellery Channing

The modernness of all good books seems to give men an existence as wide as man.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man of character and emotional depth is a man who knows who he is and likes himself.

— Senoraroy

Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.

— Edwin Louis Cole

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

— Francis Bacon

Though men of delicate taste be rare, they are easily to be distinguished in society by the soundness of their understanding, and the superiority…

— David Hume

Society asks of most men more than sheer intellect ability-it demands also moral hardiness, self-discipline, a competitive spirit and other qualities that in more…

— Julius Adams Stratton

Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our ambitions, our…

— Joseph Conrad

A man can define many things beautifully in his life, but his character is one beautiful thing that can define him instantly and completely.

— Anuj Somany

Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to…

— Vera Farmiga

I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their…

— Norman Schwarzkopf