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.

Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor.

Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor.

Man, an animal that makes bargains.

Man, an animal that makes bargains.

For nothing human foreign was to him.

For nothing human foreign was to him.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the read more

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the difference between what things are and what they might have been.

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.

The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget.

The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget.

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

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.