The man whom philosophy leaves cold, and the man whom real faith does not illuminate, may be assured that the fault lies in them, not in knowledge and faith. The former is still an alien to philosophy, the latter an alien to faith.
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man’s life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.
The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.
The man who fears losing has already lost.
The man who enters his wife’s dressing-room is either a philosopher or an imbecile.[L’homme qui entre dans le cabinet de toilette de sa femme est philosophe ou un imbécile.]
The man who can perpetually bring his thought to bear upon his facts is a man of genius; but the man of the highest genius does not display genius at all times; if he did, he would be like to God.[L’homme qui peut empreindre perpétuellement la pensée dans le fait est un homme de génie; mais l’homme qui a le plus de génie ne le déploie pas à tous les instants, il ressemblerait trop à Dieu.]
The man to whom life is alien, who is incapable of living, nothing else remains for him, but to become an official.[Kому чужда жизнь, кто неспособен к ней, тому больше ничего не остается, как стать чиновником.]
The man susceptible to art stands in the same relation to the reality of dreams as the philosopher to the reality of existence; he is a close and willing observer, for from these pictures he reads the meaning of life, and by these processes he trains himself for life.[Wie nun der Philosoph zur Wirklichkeit des Daseins, so verhält sich der künstlerisch erregbare Mensch zur Wirklichkeit des Traumes; er sieht genau und gern zu: denn aus diesen Bildern deutet er sich das Leben, an diesen Vorgängen übt er sich für das Leben.]
The man or nation of high culture may acknowledge to great lengths the restraints imposed by conventions and honour, but beyond a certain point primitive will or desire cannot be curbed.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies, but also to hate his friends.[Der Mensch der Erkenntniss muss nicht nur seine Feinde lieben, sondern auch seine Freunde hassen können.]
The main difference between a man and a woman is that the man always puts his stomach before his heart and a woman does the opposite.
