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    There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths

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The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.

The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.

by Kahlil Gibran Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre.

The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre.

by Doc Childre Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.

by Francis Meehan Found in: Mankind Quotes, War Quotes,
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Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him read more

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and read more

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it

by James Matthew Barrie Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting read more

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which one is true.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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