“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
“the most common type of pessimism is neither philosophical nor religious: it is the pessimism of thwarted desire. ... It is the cynical sneer of the man who, seeking roses, finds only ashes.” MenDesireReligiousCommonHe ManTypePhilosophicalRoseSeekingPessimismCynicalAshesSneer Author:Georgia Harkness
“The impious soul, however, punishes itself by seeking a human body to enter into, for no other body can receive a human soul; it cannot enter the body of an animal devoid of reason. Divine law preserves the human soul from such infamy... The soul passeth from form to form; and the mansions of her pilgrimage are manifold. Thou puttest off thy bodies as raiment; and as vesture dost thou fold them up. Thou art from old, O Soul of Man; yea, thou art from everlasting.” MenHumansArtSoulReasonBodyFormLawAnimalDivineHe ManSeekingPreservesEverlastingHuman BodyFoldsHuman SoulPilgrimageMansionsManifoldInfamyDivine Law Author:Georg Hermes
“I saw the man my friendwants pardoned, Thomas Flinton. He is a bright, good-looking fellow.... Of his innocence all are confident. The governor strikes me as a man seeking popularity, who lacks the independence and manhood to do right at the risk of losing popularity. Afraid of what will be said. He is prejudiced against the Irish and Democrats.” MenSaidSawsRiskHe ManLosingPrejudiceFellowsIndependenceDemocratSeekingStrikesInnocenceGovernorsPopularityManhoodLooking Good Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“The man who is seeking truth is free of all societies and cultures.” MenTruthCultureHe ManTruth IsSeekingSpiritual AwakeningSeeking TruthSociety And Culture Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“There was no point in seeking to convert the intellectuals. For intellectuals would never be converted and would anyway always yield to the stronger, and this will always be "the man in the street." Arguments must therefore be crude, clear and forcible, and appeal to emotions and instincts, not the intellect. Truth was unimportant and entirely subordinate to tactics and psychology.” MenEmotionClearPsychologyStreetsHe ManArgumentInstinctSeekingIntellectAppealsYieldTacticsNo PointUnimportantCrudeSubordinatesPsychological Warfare Author:Joseph Goebbels
“It is commonplace of all religious thought that the man seeking visions and insight must go apart from his fellows and live for a while in the wilderness. If he is of proper sort, he will return with a message. It may not be a message from the god he set out to seek but even if he has failed in that particular, he will have had a vision or seen a marvel and these are always worth listening to or thinking about.” IfsThinkingMenMayReligiousVisionParticularHe ManListeningReturnMessagesFellowsSeekingInsightWildernessCommonplace Author:Loren Eiseley