Approving Quote by Richard Whately

Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has brought his…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief…

— Joseph Conrad

“The security of society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of society, as a healthy organism, is the…

— Oscar Wilde

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

— Felix Frankfurter

To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which…

— Seneca the Younger

Perhaps there is no greater test of a man's regularity and easiness of conscience than his readiness to face the postman. Blessed is he…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever…

— Abigail Adams

The dullness of certain people is sometimes a sufficient security against the attack of an artful man.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“A man with delicately-strung nerves often says and does things which often lead us to think more meanly of him than he deserves. It…

— Wilkie Collins

Men are always murderers, and their calmness and generosity is the calmness of a well-fed animal, that knows itself out of danger.

— Leonid Andreyev

Man is a being of a mixed nature; and, as there is no integrity without its flaws, so is there no man so knavish…

— William Godwin

The primary nature of every human being is to be open to life and love. Being guarded, armoured, distrustful and enclosed is second nature…

— Alexander Lowen