Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills. Arthur Schopenhauer
Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man. David Hilbert
The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man.
Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor any one in society alone among the others, so man is not alone in the universe. Claude Lévi-Strauss
Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor any one in society alone among the others, so man is not alone in the universe.
If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life. Albert Schweitzer
If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.
Only well-written works will descend to posterity. Fulness of knowledge, interesting facts, even useful inventions, are no pledge of immortality, for they may be employed by more skilful hands; they are outside the man; the style is the man himself. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Only well-written works will descend to posterity. Fulness of knowledge, interesting facts, even useful inventions, are no pledge of immortality, for they may be employed by more skilful hands; they are outside the man; the style is the man himself.
No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. Alfred Blalock
No man ever got very high by pulling other people down.
Man is pre-eminently endowed with the power of voluntarily and consciously determining his own point of view. Ernst Mach
Man is pre-eminently endowed with the power of voluntarily and consciously determining his own point of view.
I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year. Bette Davis
I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.
Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime. W. E. B. Du Bois
Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.
The modern version of Buridan's ass [a figurative description of a man of indecision] has a Ph.D., but no time to grow up as he is undecided between making a Leonardo da Vinci in the test tube or planting a Coca Cola sign on Mars. Erwin Chargaff
The modern version of Buridan's ass [a figurative description of a man of indecision] has a Ph.D., but no time to grow up as he is undecided between making a Leonardo da Vinci in the test tube or planting a Coca Cola sign on Mars.
Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it. Arthur Schopenhauer
Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque. Denzel Washington
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.
