Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, read more

Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.

He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen read more

He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enought of the world to feel that all people are in some sense his own kind.

Man is an ape with possibilities.

Man is an ape with possibilities.

Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor.

Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor.

Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.

Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.

Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe read more

Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice.

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a read more

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a good idea at the time.".

man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.