So man’s insanity is heaven’s sense; and wandering from all mortal reason, man comes at last to that celestial thought, which, to reason, is absurd and frantic; and weal or woe, feels then uncompromised, indifferent as his God.
Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.
One must fight to get to the top, especially when one begins at the bottom?[Das Vorwärtskommen gekämpft werden muß, besonders wenn man von tief unten her kommt?]
Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.
Not one man in five cycles, who is wise, will expect appreciative recognition from his fellows, or any one of them.
No man can stand in the Shadow so long that he cannot find the Light again.
Man was made at the end of the week’s work, when God was tired.
Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.[L’homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.]
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.[L’homme est la seule créature qui refuse d’être ce qu’elle est.]
Man is the cruellest animal.[Der Mensch nämlich ist das grausamste Thier.]
Man is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt.[L’homme est ainsi fait, que sa santé est un effet purement négatif; une fois le besoin de manger satisfait, on se figure difficilement les horreurs de la faim; il faut les éprouver, pour les comprendre.]
Man is nothing other than what he makes of himself.[L’homme n’est rien d’autre que ce qu’il se fait.]
