Insignificance Quote by Mason Cooley

A man of the utmost insignificance.

— George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God

— Anonymous

A lively and agreeable man has not only the merit of liveliness and agreeableness himself, but that also of awakening them in others.

— Sir Fulke Greville

Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and…

— Michel de Montaigne

Insincerity in a man's own heart must make all his enjoyments, all that concerns him, unreal; so that his whole life must seem like…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

In naturalism, man is actually very insignificant, but arrogates to himself stupendous power. In Christianity, man is actually the apex of created significance, but…

— Ravi Zacharias

A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects of nature, yet, by the moral quality radiating from his countenance,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When man finds in himself a certain defect, of which he can by no means rid himself, there remains but to accept the so-called…

— Lev Shestov

Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but…

— Charles Darwin

The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties…

— Victor Hugo

Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.

— Mencius

Man is a paradoxical being - the constant glory and scandal of this world.

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan