I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of read more

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart--the best brain. The superior man ... stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not read more

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked read more

Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous,
Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the read more

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in read more

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?