Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. Bertrand Russell on men
I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create. Yousuf Karsh on men
Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort. Henry Rollins on men
Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens. Samuel Gompers on men
We are anthill men upon an anthill world. Ray Bradbury on men
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle on men
I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself. Victor Hugo on men
How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know. Thomas Aquinas on men
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. Robert E. Howard on men
A government of laws, and not of men. John Adams on men
From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. Mikhail Bakunin on men
I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. Soren Kierkegaard on men
As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become. Jean-Paul Sartre on men
All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible. Noah Webster on men
All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers. Francois Fenelon on men
Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men. W. E. B. Du Bois on men
I swear by that old expression, 'One monkey don't stop no show!' The reality is, we still have some good men out there, and we should hail those men as the kings they are. Angie Stone on men
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break. Herodotus on men
The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human. Victor Hugo on men