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“All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room.”

Knows Rooms Know How One Thing Mankind Unhappiness Inability Repose

Author:Blaise Pascal

“If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man.”

Ifs Men Kind One Thing Mankind

Author:Tom Waits

“In this world the one thing supremely worth having is the opportunity to do well and worthily a piece of work of vital consequence to the welfare of mankind.”

World Wells Opportunity Pieces One Thing Mankind This World Consequence Welfare

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone.”

Knowing One Thing Mankind Misery Not Knowing

Author:Blaise Pascal

“One thing I have learned in institutions is not to press hard on the fact that their inmates are, like the rest of mankind, sinners; for they, like many others, are liable to confuse the generic term "sinner" with the specific term "criminal." Most of us are so accustomed to admit that we have fallen short of grace and are "miserable offenders," in view of our possibilities and opportunities, that we do not resent being called "sinners"; but not so with our congregation.”

“I think because the show ["Grant MacLaren"] is essentially a hopeful show. The show says that as bleak as the future is, the one thing that mankind developed was the ability to send their consciousness back and where a lot of the institutions of modern life have fallen apart.”

Thinking Shows Ability Consciousness One Thing Modern Mankind Institutions Fallen Hopeful Grants Modern Life Bleak

Author:Eric McCormack

“The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.”

Ifs Knows Persons Doe Art Ends Motivational Energy One Thing Mankind Raises Excellence Merit Crowns Life And Love Benefactors Lentils

Book:The Greatest Salesman in the World, Part II: The End of the Story

Source: The Greatest Salesman in the World, Part II: The End of the Story

“Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.”

Knows Love Happens Together Black White One Thing Mankind Ambition Chinese My Ambition Reggae Black White Reggae Music Rasta Jamaican Music

Author:Bob Marley

“He possessed the power. He held it in his hand. A power stronger than the power of money or the power of terror or the power of death: the invincible power to command the love of mankind. There was only one thing that power could not do: it could not make him able to smell himself.”

Hands Able One Thing Mankind Stronger Terror Smell Command Possessed Invincible

Book:Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer