Man Cannot Quotes

253 quotes by 185 authors

Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close? — Thomas Hardy
And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is… — Milan Kundera
There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all. This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties… — Alan Paton
Man cannot do without beauty, and this is what our era pretends to want to disregard. — Albert Camus
I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect. And now I… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Man cannot become attached to higher aims and submit to a rule if he sees nothing above him to which he belongs. To free him… — Emile Durkheim
Tereza knew what happens during the moment love is born: the woman cannot resist the voice calling forth her terrified soul; the man cannot resist… — Milan Kundera
If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Your time… — Chief Seattle
Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level. — Ernest Becker
A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot. — Isabel Allende
A woman without a man cannot meet a man, any man, of any age, without thinking, even if it's for a half-second, 'Perhaps this is… — Doris Lessing
Now I'm living out my life in a corner, trying to console myself with the stupid, useless excuse that an intelligent man cannot turn himself… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others. — Jack Weatherford
But it seems to me that a man cannot and ought not to say that he loves, he said. Why not? I asked. Because it… — Leo Tolstoy
Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting his… — Thomas Mann
Brother raises a hand against brother and son against father (how terrible!) and the father also against son. And moreover it is a continuity-matter, for… — Saul Bellow
Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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