Identity Quote by Thomas Mann

“A human being lives out not only his personal life as an individual, but also, consciously or subconsciously, the lives of his epoch and…

— Thomas Mann

“Man lives consciously for himself but unconsciously he serves as an instrument for the accomplishment of historical and social ends.”

— Leo Tolstoy

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.

— Leo Tolstoy

“There are two sides to each man’s life: his personal life, which is the more free the more abstract its interests, and his elemental,…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals. ”

— Leo Tolstoy

Man is always something more than what he knows of himself. He is not what he is simply once and for all, but is…

— Karl Jaspers

The life-history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. From the…

— Ruth Benedict

What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and…

— Mark Twain

“While a man is living he is not conscious of his own life; it becomes audible to him, like a sound, after the lapse…

— Ivan Turgenev

A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.

— Marcus Aurelius

“There are two aspects to the life of every man: the personal life, which is free in proportion as its interests are abstract, and…

— Leo Tolstoy

Any man who has any sense of his individuality lives by his own love, by his own work, without caring at all what others…

— Anonymous