“As for the system of the Commune, which makes it impossible for a man to rise or fall, it is merely the old caste system revived; if it could be put into force, all industry would be disheartened, emulation would cease, and mankind would go to sleep.” IfsMenWould BeFallForceSleepImpossibleMankindIndustryCeaseGoing To SleepCastesCommunesCaste SystemEmulationDisheartened Book:The Martyrdom of Man Source: The Martyrdom of Man
“Generations are as the days of toilsome mankind; death and birth are the vesper and the matin bells that summon mankind to sleep and to rise refreshed for new advancement. What the father has made, the son can make and enjoy; but has also work of his own appointed him. Thus all things wax and roll onwards: arts, establishments, opinions, nothing is ever completed, but ever completing.” ArtMadeFatherEnjoySleepOpinionProgressGenerationsMankindSonBirthAll ThingsEstablishmentBellsAdvancementCompleting Book:Sartor Resartus: The Historian Source: Sartor Resartus: The Historian
“The daily life of a genius, his sleep, his digestion, he ecstasies, his nails, his colds, his blood, his life and death are essentially different from the rest of mankind.” DifferentSleepBloodMankindGeniusLife And DeathDaily LifeEcstasyNailsDigestion Author:Salvador Dali
“We are a thick skinned people with emtpy souls. We spend our days playing dice, chess, or sleeping - and we say we are the best people that ever came to mankind?” PeopleSoulSleepMankindChessThickDice Author:Nizar Qabbani
“Sleep was the greatest invention in the history of mankind. When I was sleeping, I wasn’t feeling guilty, or miserable, or sad.” FeelingsSleepMankindInventionGuiltyMiserableFeeling Guilty Author:Jenna Black
“It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be left alone; lest sleeping abnormalities wake to resurgent life, and blasphemously surviving nightmares squirm and splash out of their black lairs to newer and wider conquests.” EarthLeftBlackDarkSleepMankindSafetyDepthCornersNightmareConquestSurvivingLeft AloneAbnormality Author:H. P. Lovecraft