Man

“If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?” ~James Madison

Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. ~Mark Twain

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s lnability to sit quietly in a room alone.” -Blaise Pascal

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. ~ Francis Bacon

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man is the cruelest animal. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Poetry Quote

“Poetry is a naked woman, a naked man, and the distance between them.” – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Power

Born: May 29, 1917 – Died: November 22, 1963

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money. -Gertrude Stein

Ultimate Measure

Born: January 15, 1929 – Died: April 4, 1968

Monday Morning Quote

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.” – Albert Camus http://www.bquot.es/s/1227

Friday Afternoon Quote

“I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.” – Wilbur Wright http://www.bquot.es/s/2388

My opinion from a straight man; A woman wants to marry another woman, go for it. A man wants to marry another man, go for it. For people who keep saying that marriage should be between a man and a woman, fine. But don’t be spouting the venom and bullshit by putting the Gays andContinue reading “My Two Cents”

Thursday Evening Quote

Brainy Quote

Aldous Huxley Quote

You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, intelligent enough. – Aldous Huxley

Jack London Quote

“The simple function of man is to live, not just exist.” – Jack London

Quote

Every man’s memory is his private literature. Aldous Huxley

Bertrand Russell Quote

“It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.” – Bertrand Russell http://www.bquot.es/s/3113

Plato Quote

Creation

“The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.” – Sigmund Freud ——- Maybe he’s right, maybe not. http://www.bquot.es/s/755

Margot Asquith Quote

“From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.” – Margot Asquith http://www.bquot.es/s/2015

Man

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound mind, discourse a clear man. Benjamin Franklin Quote Source: en.proverbia

Nature

Enjoying Life

Change

Quote

“No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.” Napoleon Hill

Challenge

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ” –Martin Luther King

Society

Man

Source

Quote

A man in debt is so far a slave. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Possess

All that is great cannot be possessed – and that is one of the most foolish things man goes on doing. We want to possess. — Osho

I would rather be ashes ……

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should be burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man isContinue reading “I would rather be ashes ……”