Artist Quote by Thomas a Kempis

A man is ever apt to contemplate himself out of all proportion to his surroundings.

— Anonymous

Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.

— Rene Dubos

A man is rational in proportion as his intelligence informs and controls his desires.

— Bertrand Russell

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

— Rabindranath Tagore

A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.

— Jean de la Bruyere

A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest.

— Paul Simon

A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They…

— Emile Durkheim

In proportion as man approaches the outer rim, he becomes lost in details, and the more he is preoccupied with details, the less he…

— Richard M. Weaver

Attention is the key; for where man's attention goes, there goes his energy, and he himself can only follow.

— Count of St. Germain

In the creative state a man is taken out of himself.

— E. M. Forster

A virtuous man concentrates on his own work, not that of others.

— Zengzi