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.

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.

Humanity is the sin of God.

Humanity is the sin of God.

For nothing human foreign was to him.

For nothing human foreign was to him.

Oh, God! that bread should be so dear,
And flesh and blood so cheap!

Oh, God! that bread should be so dear,
And flesh and blood so cheap!

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for read more

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this read more

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees