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- A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.
- A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never takes responsibility for…
- To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to…
- When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which…
- A warrior knows that he is only a man. His only regret is that his life is so short that he can't grab onto all…
- An average man is too concerned with liking people or with being liked himself. A warrior likes, that's all. He likes whatever or whomever he…
- Only a warrior can survive the path of knowledge because the art of the warrior is to balance the pain of being a man with…
- A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and then he sees…
- The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to himself. Perhaps you are chasing rainbows. You're after the…
- Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated.
- Dwelling upon the self too much produces terrible fatigue. A man in that position is deaf and blind to everything else. The fatigue itself makes…
- My benefactor said that when a man embarks on the paths of sorcery he becomes aware, in a gradual manner, that ordinary life has been…
- A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going to…
- A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance.
- Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.
- Malicious acts are performed by people for personal gain … Sorcerers, though, have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with…
- The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything…
- All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time…
- For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me,…
- A warrior, or any man for that matter, cannot possibly wish he were somewhere else; a warrior because he lives by challenge, an ordinary man…
- The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.
- The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and…
- A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting... Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if one looks at…
- Once a man worries, he clings to anything out of desperation; and once he clings he is bound to get exhausted or to exhaust whomever…
- All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. However, a path without a heart is never enjoyable. On the other hand, a path with heart…
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- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle