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Man Quotes by Benjamin Hoff
- Modern man's difficulties, dangerous beliefs and feelings of loneliness, spiritual emptiness,and personal weakness are caused by his illusions about, and separation from, the natural world.
- There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints and…
- In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no distinctions between superior…
- Whether many people realize it yet or not, man, the Inferior Animal, has by now proved himself incapable of keeping his own species - and…
- As our planet takes action to cast out its manmade poisons and heal its man-caused wounds, many human inhabitants will no doubt give way to…
- Thousands of years ago, man lived in harmony with the rest of the natural world. Through what we would today call Telepathy, he communicated with…
- But down through the centuries, man has developed a mind that separates him from the world of reality, the world of natural laws. This mind…
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- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- A man can die but once. — William Shakespeare
- Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle