The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself. – Henry Miller, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, 1945 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
The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Humankind
The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. – John Lubbock Category: Idleness
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. – Mahatma Gandhi Category: Adaptability
My country, right or wrong is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying My mother, drunk or sober. – G. K. Chesterton Category: Patriotism
