“In the ardor of his enthusiasm, a youth set forth in quest of a man of whom he might take counsel as to his future, but after long search and many disappointments, he came near relinquishing the pursuit as hopeless, when suddenly it occurred to him that one must first be a man to find a man, and profiting by this suggestion, he set himself to the work of becoming himself the man he had been seeking so long and fruitlessly.” MenFirstsLongMightYouthHe ManBecomingDisappointmentSeekingPursuitEnthusiasmHopelessQuestsSuggestionsBe A ManArdorRelinquishing Book:Table-talk Source: Table-talk
“In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.” KnowsMenGivingDoeKnow HowSacrificeHe ManProfessionEnthusiasmInsincerity Book:This Business of Living Source: This Business of Living
“None has more frequent conversations with a disagreeable self than the man of pleasure; his enthusiasms are but few and transient; his appetites, like angry creditors, are continually making fruitless demands for what he is unable to pay; and the greater his former pleasures, the more strong his regret, the more impatient his expectations. A life of pleasure is, therefore, the most unpleasing life.” MenLifeSelfStrongPleasurePayGreaterHe ManRegretConversationDemandExpectationsAngryEnthusiasmFormerAppetiteImpatientTransientDisagreeableCreditors Author:James Goldsmith
“Liberals are like dogs: The liberal holds that he is true to the republic when he is true to himself. (It may not be as cozy an attitude as it sounds.) He greets with enthusiasm the fact of the journey, as a dog greets a man's invitation to take a walk. And he acts in the dog's way too, swinging wide, racing ahead, doubling back, covering many miles of territory that the man never traverses, all in the spirit of inquiry and the zest for truth. He leaves a crazy trail, but he ranges far beyond the genteel old party he walks with and he is usually in a better position to discover a skunk.” MenWayMayFactsSpiritSoundWalksPartyAttitudeJourneyCrazyDogPositionHe ManWideMilesEnthusiasmRangeRepublicTerritoryRacingInquiryTrailsInvitationsCoveringCozyZestTraverse Author:E. B. White