Bridges Quote by George Eliot

“Every man's work, pursued steadily, tends in this way to become an end in itself, and so to bridge over the loveless chasms of…

— George Eliot

“He seemed to weave, like the spider, from pure impulse, without reflection. Every man's work, pursued steadily, tends in this way to become an…

— George Eliot

Once man has lost the fundamental orientation which unifies his existence, he breaks down into the multiplicity of his desires; in refusing to await…

— Pope Francis

We see in tragedy the noblest men, after a long conflict and suffering, finally renounce forever all the pleasure of life and the aims…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Every satisfaction he attains lays the seeds of some new desire, so that there is no end to the wishes of each individual will.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Having achieved and accomplished love, then the man passes into the unknown. He has become himself, his tale is told.

— D. H. Lawrence

One of the strongest motives that leads men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness.…

— Walter Isaacson

Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself…

— Ayn Rand

Only the soul that with an overwhelming impulse and a perfect trust gives itself up forever to the life of other men, finds the…

— Phillips Brooks

Man strives for glory, honor, fame, so that all the world may know his name. Amasses wealth by brain and hand. Becomes a power…

— Anonymous

“As he began to understand himself more and more (to the extent at least that any man truly understands himself), he recognized that his…

— A.J. Smith

Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise above them to the…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan