Quotes About Man

That which proceeds from a man's soul shall shape his soul; that which proceeds from his speech shall shape his speech, and deeds that proceed from his body shall shape his body.

No one's words can compete with this mercilessly powerful rain. The only thing that can compete with the sound of this rain, that can smash this deathlike wall of sound, is the shout of a man who refuses to stoop to this chatter, the shout of a simple spirit that knows no words.

A woman is never so drunk with happiness as when she discovers desire in the eyes of a man

Everything, really, has this quality of sacredness, but we can desecrate it at a touch. How strange man is! His touch defiles and yet he contains the source of miracles.

For the average man, driven as he is by lurid fantasies, there is almost nothing more deliciously titillating than the contemplation, from a safe distance, of evil laid out in its cause and effect.

The greatest antidote for despair was the faith of a man and woman in each other.

Sometimes, as he listened to the song or hummed it, tears brimmed in his eyes, just as in the lyrics. Strange that a man with no ties should become sentimental about a 'harbour town', but the tears welled directly from a dark, distant, enervated part of himself he had neglected all his life and couldn't command.

In attesa della venuta di un universo di felicità assoluta e uniti da un unico interesse maledetto, sognavano un semplice assioma. Sognavano il giorno in cui quello dell'amore di un uomo per un altro uomo avrebbe capovolto il vecchio assioma dell'amore di un uomo per una donna.

and certain that life consisted of a few simple signals and decisions; that death took root at the moment of birth and man's only recourse thereafter was to water and tend it

An ugliness unfurled in the moonlight and soft shadow and suffused the whole world. If I were an amoeba, he thought, with an infinitesimal body, I could defeat ugliness. A man isn't tiny or giant enough to defeat anything.

We were born between Oh Yeah & Goddammit. I knew life Began where I stood in the dark, Looking out into the light, & that sometimes I could see Everything through nothing. The backyard trees breathed Like a man running from himself As my brothers backed away From the screendoor.

It was only 400,000 years ago that several species of man began to hunt large game on a regular basis,

Less fortunate members of the old animist system lost their stature and became either extras or silent decor in the great drama of man's relationship with the gods

Whereas theism justified traditional agriculture in the name of God, humanism has justified modern industrial farming in the name of Man.

Rien n'est plus beau qu'un corps nu. Le plus beau vêtement qui puisse habiller une femme ce sont les bras de l'homme qu'elle aime. Mais, pour celles qui n'ont pas eu la chance de trouver ce bonheur, je suis là.

I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it's a woman who's extremely vain. One of the great Catalan poets, Joan Maragall, wrote this famous poem in which he called Barcelona the great enchantress, or some kind of sorceress, and in which the city has this dark enticing presence that seduces and lures people. I think Barcelona has a lot of that.

It is not possible to build on negative emotions. Genuine literature will come only when we replace hatred for man with love for man.

By complex ways, by looking deep into the dark well of the human soul, full of filth, somewhere at the very bottom of it Chekhov at last found his faith. And this faith turned out to be faith in man, in the power of human progress. And man became his god.

I realize that we just met but I want to be "the example" of what a man should be instead of "another example" of what a man should never be. You are beautiful, smart, and entertaining and I hope to see you again.

Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself.

Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself.

The judge took into account "the profound despair of a woman unable to give life…" As if a man couldn't be as deeply affected by the lack of a child, too.

I believe in one God and no more, and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy." —Thomas Paine

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive."—C. S. LEWIS