Ability Quote by Margaret Mead

Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning…

— Thomas Jefferson

No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is primarily through the growth of science and technology that man has acquired those attributes which distinguish him from the animals, which have…

— Arthur Compton

When one speaks of humanity, the idea is fundamental that this is something which separates and distinguishes man from nature. In reality, however, there…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful,…

— Laozi

Biologically, man is still the great amateur of the animal kingdom; he is unique in his lack of anatomical and physiological specialization.

— Rene Dubos

Man is essentially the imitative animal. His whole educabilityand in fact the whole history of civilization depend on this trait, which his strong tendencies…

— William James

Man is man because he chanced to develop intelligence instead of instinct; otherwise he would to this day have remained among the anthropoid apes.…

— Jack London

A learned man is not one who uses complicated and difficult words in spoken and written language, but one who uses words that are…

— Vikrant Parsai

Character in it's noblest embodiments exemplifies human nature in its highest form, for it exhibits man at his best

— Derick

Mother, recently I have discovered the one way in which human beings differ completely from other animals. Man has, I know, language, knowledge, principles,…

— Osamu Dazai

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

— Henry Miller