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If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and read more
If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and organization, we can say this: were there the slightest possibility that another rival or superior species might appear, on earth or elsewhere, man would use every means at his disposal to destroy it.
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
Man makes holy what he beleives, as he makes beautiful what he loves.
Man makes holy what he beleives, as he makes beautiful what he loves.
It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off read more
It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off from the angels.
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for read more
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget.
The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget.
Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn
Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable read more
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the read more
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the difference between what things are and what they might have been.
