Blind Quote by Francis Galton

Man's duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law to bear…

— Immanuel Kant

As a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing,but…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he stubbornly guards…

— Ephrem the Syrian

To resist him that is set in authority is evil

— John Bartlett

The whole power of cunning is privative; to say nothing, and to do nothing , is the utmost of its reach. Yet men, thus…

— Samuel Johnson

“You cannot defeat a strong man who believes in himself. He cannot be pushed down, cannot be ridiculed down, talked down, or written down.…

— Orison Swett Marden

“If we promoted justice and charity among men, we should be playing directly into the Enemy's hands; but if we guide them to the…

— C.S. Lewis

Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has brought his…

— W. Somerset Maugham

By nature, man is lazy, working only under compulsion; and when he is strong we will always live, as far as he can, upon…

— Henry Adams

The insatiable need for heartless power and ruthless control is the telltale sign of an uninitiated man - the most irresponsible, incompetent and destructive…

— Michael Leunig

There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts…

— Eric Hoffer

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

— Anonymous