It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
Copy Quote View & ShareSometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
Copy Quote View & ShareDuring the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.
Copy Quote View & ShareNot necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe Industrial Revolution has two phases: one material, the other social; one concerning the making of things, the other concerning the making of men.
Copy Quote View & ShareI think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have been.
Copy Quote View & ShareCivilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
Copy Quote View & ShareThere is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.
Copy Quote View & ShareThere is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.
Copy Quote View & ShareMen are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
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