Born Quote by Denis Diderot

“Man is not a 'fixed and limited animal whose nature is absolutely constant'. He changed drastically when he developed 'divided consciousness' to cope with…

— Colin Wilson

Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he…

— James Allen

“Man’s life is a line that nature commands him to describe upon the surface of the earth, without his ever being able to swerve…

— Baron d'Holbach

“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

The human passions transform man from a mere thing into a hero, into a being that in spite of tremendous handicaps tries to make…

— Erich Fromm

Man is a being with myriad lives and myriad sensations, a complex, multiform creature that bears within itself strange legacies of thought and passion,…

— Oscar Wilde

“To him, man was a being with myriad lives and myriad sensations, a complex multiform creature that bore within itself strange legacies of thought…

— Oscar Wilde

Born, the Man assumes the name and image of humanity, and becomes in all things like unto other men who dwell upon the earth.…

— Leonid Andreyev

“He used to wonder at the shallow psychology of those who conceive the ego in man as a thing simple, permanent, reliable , and…

— Oscar Wilde

“As a being of Power, Intelligence, and Love, and the lord of his own thoughts, man holds the key to every situation, and contains…

— James Allen

The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. ... so suffering and tribulation free man from the petty affairs…

— Abdu'l-Bahá

“Man is out of nature and hopelessly in it; he is dual, up in the stars and yet housed in a heart-pumping, breath-gasping body…

— Ernest Becker