Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. – Erich Fromm, Man for Himself, 1947 Category: Humankind
It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought! Each subsiding century reveals some new mystery; we build where monsters used to hide themselves. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, 1849 Category: Humankind
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. – Samuel Johnson Category: Humankind
In each generation the human mind in every man reverts to its starting-point; each new man is a primitive man. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847) Category: Humankind
Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him? – Pierre Troubetzkoy Category: Environment
That mans the true Conservative who lops the moldered branch away. – Alfred Lord Tennyson Category: Conservatism
