Constructive Quote by Rene Dubos

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

— Dan Brown

Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence.

— Leo Tolstoy

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the…

— Aristotle

Now the answer ... is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life…

— W. Somerset Maugham

What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.

— Victor Hugo

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

— Blaise Pascal

Men can learn a lot about the importance of nurturing and being in relation to the life force versus having power over.

— Peter Buffett

Men have never fully used [their] powers to advance the good in life, because they have waited upon some power external to themselves and…

— John Dewey

Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.

— Thomas Aquinas

The passions of men are commonly more potent than their reason.

— Thomas Hobbes

Men's weaknesses are often necessary to the purposes of life.

— Maurice Maeterlinck

“Men's views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.”

— David Hume