Quote by George Eliot

“I learned that man lives differently, depending on whether he is in a horizontal or vertical position. The shadows on the walls, on the…

— Elie Wiesel

“The more we frequent men, the blacker our thoughts; and when, to clarify them, we return to our solitude, we find there the shadow…

— Emil M. Cioran

“Look upon men and things with the inner eye, with its form and desire, never forgetting that the shadow they throw as they pass…

— Maurice Maeterlinck

A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow as well as himself - and what is a man's shadow but…

— Djuna Barnes

A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.

— Djuna Barnes

“They constantly try to escape From the darkness outside and within By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be…

— T.S. Eliot

“The man on the ceiling casts shadows of flesh, and sometimes the shadows take on lives of their own.”

— Melanie Tem

“When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”

— Confucius

“I suppose that there's a caddish streak in every man that runs crosswire across his character and disposition and general outlook. With some men…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Flashes of awareness that we live an illusion – that, and no more, is what distinguishes the greatest of men.”

— Fernando Pessoa

“it's through the simple things in life, through its games, when our minds mature the most and we grow knowledgeable. It's also when the…

— Evan Meekins

“The writer in him is only the shadow of the man, though so often we observe men whose art of writing is so great,…

— Stefan Zweig