It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.

It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.

The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget.

The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget.

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.

The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.

The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.

Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the read more

Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence.

I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.

I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.

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 is an ape with possibilities.

Man is an ape with possibilities.

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.