Men Quotes - Page 147

The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary that every soul should be rightly and thoroughly instructed in regard to its nature and general characteristics

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damn scoundrel, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it.

I am sure the majority of Iranians want a peace agreement with Israel and want Iran to integrate with the international community and accept its universal values.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing.

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

I have no regrets in my life. If not for the mistakes that I made I would not be the man I am today.

The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with the universe of things, was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization.

If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.

I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who plants a tree or cleans a corner of neglect. For it is the individual who himself benefits, and also protects a heritage of beauty for his children and future generations.

America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves... It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters.

In all sectors of society there should be roughly equal prospects of culture and achievement for everyone similarly motivated and endowed. The expectations of those with the same abilities and aspirations should not be affected by their social class.

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

God never alters the robe of righteousness to fit the man. Rather He alters the man to fit the robe.

I have long had a tendency to tie marksmanship to morality. The essence of good marksmanship is self-control, and self-control is the essence of good citizenship. It is too easy to say that a good shot is automatically a good man, but it would be equally incorrect to ignore the connection.

Let the disappointments pass Let the laughter fill your glass Let the illusions last until they shatter Whatever you might hope to find among the thoughts that crowd your mind There won't be many that ever really matter.

If man made it, don't eat it.

Dance is the movement of the universe concentrated in an individual.

The other part of the true religion is our duty to man. We must love our neighbour as our selves, we must be charitable to all men for charity is the greatest of graces, greater then even faith or hope & covers a multitude of sins. We must be righteous & do to all men as we would they should do to us.

You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.