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The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all o its meaninglessness.
The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all o its meaninglessness.
For the interesting and inspiring thing about America, gentlemen,
is that she asks nothing for herself except what she read more
For the interesting and inspiring thing about America, gentlemen,
is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right
to ask for humanity itself.
Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink read more
Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink of it
Then, if you can.
Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe read more
Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice.
Every human heart is human.
Every human heart is human.
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, read more
A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, chemistry or animal behaviour.
Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.
Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.
Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, read more
Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.