He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that... →
Thomas Paine
It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it... →
The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice... →
C. Northcote Parkinson
The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions... →
Francis Parkman
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
Blaise Pascal
If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the whole?
A man's got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right.
John Dos Passos
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
Alan Paton
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted... →
Norman Vincent Peale
He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.
Charles Peguy