The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself. – Henry Miller, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, 1945 Category: Humankind
That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Humankind
Man, when he is merely what he seems to be, is almost nothing. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Humankind
Why was man created on the last day? So that he can be told, when pride possesses him: God created the gnat before thee. – The Talmud Category: Humankind
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are. – Chauncey Mitchell Depew Category: Optimism
To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today. – Albert Camus Category: good
Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all. – Heywood Broun Category: Fellowship
