It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself. Epicurus
It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on infinity. Ariel Durant
It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. Doris Lessing
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.Albert Einstein
It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come out of such loneliness. Bruce Barton
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. Aristotle
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor. Benjamin Disraeli
Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself. Robertson Davies
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!Confucius
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Oscar Wilde
Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied. Mark Twain
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. Winston churchill
My goal is for Gunnar to outlive me. That's the way it should be. My dream is for him to be a dad himself one day, so he can find out all the anxiety that kids bring to their dads. Boomer Esiason
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.Albert Einstein
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. John Steinbeck