Ability Quote by Martin Esslin Download Open image “The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness.” — Martin Esslin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ability Atheism Curmudgeon Dignity Face reality Faces Lying Lying men Meaninglessness Men Reality Religion Respect
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Copy Share Image
A man avails himself of the truth so long as it is serviceable; but he seizes on what is false with a passionate eloquence… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
By a lie a man throws away and, as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man. A man who himself does not believe… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
He who cannot see the truth for himself, nor, hearing it from others, store it away in his mind, that man is utterly worthless. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The entire life does not worth a single moment of the emptiness of the absolute truth. — Sorin Cerin Copy Share Image
Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“The true value of a man is not determined b his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to… — Gotthold Lessing Copy Share Image
There is something in the heart of man which will bend under moral suasion. There is a swift witness for truth in his bosom,… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
The Theatre of the Absurd ... can be seen as the reflection of what seems to be the attitude most genuinely representative of our… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
There is a lot of dignity in having the ability to confront the inconsequence of reality. — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
The Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical embodiment and manifestation of existentialism. It is part reality and part nightmare — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered in the… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
The Theatre of the Absurd has renounced arguing about the absurdity of the human condition; it merely presents it in being - that is,… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
It has been rightly said that what a critic wants to understand he must, at one time, have deeply loved, even if only for… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a direct correlation between my sexuality and my skiing ability. But I think because I was so concerned about it… — Gus Kenworthy Copy Share Image
“the importance of ability. The things that make a great job great, I discovered, are rare and valuable. If you want them in your… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things. — Fergus Henderson Copy Share Image
The ability of the gospel to unite us on common strengths and common truths is one of the great miracles . . . of the gospel. — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Maybe law enforcement would like the ability to turn on the camera on your Mac. — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
I've seen guys come along with more ability - they've been faster or bigger or stronger - but they never worked hard to develop… — Steve Largent Copy Share Image
The youth of India has the strength to move the entire World with a click of a mouse, we have generated that ability! — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness. — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give: my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength,… — Elizabeth Prentiss Copy Share Image
