Thursday, January 15, 2009

Reflections on Man



Man is the measure of everything.
Protagoras

That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche

All men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.
Nicolo Machiavelli

Man when perfected by law is the best of animals, but when separated from law, he is the worst of all.
Aristotle

No man is free who cannot command or control himself.
Pythagoras

Man is the master of his fate and the captain of his soul.
Henley, Poet

Man is the only being on earth who can know himself and knows that he knows,and even knows that he knows not.
Felix Montemayor, Social Philosopher

Before the cosmos, Man is but a dot, yet he thinks and loves, while the world cannot.
F.M., Social Philosopher

Man is the only being that changes constantly yet remains unchanged by change.
Felix Montemayor, Social Philosopher