Chance Quote by Jacques Monod

Man knows at last that he is alone in the universe's unfeeling immensity, out of which he emerged only by chance.

— Jacques Monod

Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.

— William James

Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

— Herodotus

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord…

— James Allen

Man finally knows that he is alone in the indifferent immensity of the Universe, from which he emerged by accident.

— Jacques Monod

Man is always something more than what he knows of himself. He is not what he is simply once and for all, but is…

— Karl Jaspers

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

— Ayn Rand

There must be something beyond man in this world. Even on attaining to his highest possibilities, he is like a bird beating against his…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Every man builds his world in his own image; he has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.…

— Ayn Rand