Age of reason Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“The first sentiment of man was that of his existence, his first care that of preserving it.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish…

— T.F. Hodge

A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred the human law in himself, his own individual will.

— Bruce Lee

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world

— English Proverb

“The gulf between how one should live and how one does live is so wide that a man who neglects what is actually done…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“One of the first motives to civil society, and which becomes one of its fundamental rules, is that no man should be judge in…

— Edmund Burke

“A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which…

— James Allen

“He who is controlled by objects Loses possession of his inner self: If he no longer values himself, How can he value others? If…

— Thomas Merton

“A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which…

— James Allen

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

The first duty of a man is to think for himself

— Jose Marti

“Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest his own…

— Adam Smith