Calm Quote by George Santayana

In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see

— Leonard Nimoy

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them

— Epictetus

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

— Thomas Browne

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and…

— William E. Gladstone

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

— Epictetus

The passions of men are commonly more potent than their reason.

— Thomas Hobbes

Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it.

— Paul Newman

“most men consider their rationally selected actions are in fact idiosyncratic responses that have grown strong enough, through repeated use, to overpower other urges…

— Caleb Carr

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

— Anatole France

In every man there are two minds that work side by side, the one checking the other; thus emotion stands against reason, intellect corrects…

— Ford Madox Ford

The minds of men are mirrors to one another, not only because they reflect each other's emotions, but also because those rays of passions,…

— David Hume

When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work.

— John Ruskin