There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.
It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.
All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.
If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.
As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all.
The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.
All men and women have an equal need for love. When these needs are not fulfilled it is easy to have our feelings hurt, for which we blame our partner.
I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.
When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.
The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.
Brave men are all vertebrates they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
With reasonable men, I will reason with humane men I will plead but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.
The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals nay it is treachery to comrades.
Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.
Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.
Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men - the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X and of course, two very special women, my mother and my wife.
A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.
Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.
History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.
It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?
Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.
Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.