If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and organization, we can say this: were there the slightest possibility that another rival or superior species might appear, on earth or elsewhere, man would use every means at his disposal to destroy it.
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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!
Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.
Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.
Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the read more
Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence.
If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or read more
If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.
I am mortal. I am born to love and to suffer.
I am mortal. I am born to love and to suffer.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable read more
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
We all boil at different degrees
We all boil at different degrees
An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path.
But he read more
An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path.
But he that has humanity, forewarned,
Will turn aside and let the reptile live.
I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.
I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.
