Contemporary society Quote by Cristiane Serruya

“Modern man has lost the sense of wonder about the unknown and he treats it as an enemy.”

— Laurens van der Post

“The task of modern man is not to find his inner self, but to create himself.”

— Rod Judkins

“The true man trusts in a strength which is not his, and which he does not feel, does not even always desire.”

— George MacDonald

“An honest man does not desire until he has identified the object of his desire. He”

— Ayn Rand

Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want.

— Erich Fromm

“Man is that which has still much before it. He is repeatedly transformed in his work and by it. [...] The authentic in man…

— Ernst Bloch

“We have all met a class of men, very remarkable for their activity, and who yet make but little headway in life; men who,…

— Frederick Douglass

“A developed and decent man cannot be vain without a boundless exactingness towards himself and without despising himself at moments to the point of…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which…

— James Allen

“A man whose fear is greater than his desire, or a man who has no great, all-consuming passion, or one who has patience and…

— Lajos Ecri

“A man obtains only what he strives for. He”

— John Wortabet

“He who seeks and struggles shall find. Struggles bring the most unlikely things within reach. When a man makes up his mind to do…

— John Wortabet