Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. Bertrand Russell absenceanimalbad Change image and share on social
Man is a fire-stealing animal, and we can't help building machines and machine intelligences, even if, from time to time, we use them not only to outsmart ourselves but to bring us right up to the doorstep of Doom. Richard Dooling animalbringbuild share on social
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other. Charles Lamb animalgamingman Change image and share on social
Man is a great blunderer going about in the woods, and there is no other except the bear makes so much noise. Mary Hunter Austin bearblunderergreat Change image and share on social
Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing. Jose Marti brutedepositoryduty Change image and share on social
Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will. Georg C. Lichtenberg believecreationdeterminism Change image and share on social
Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum. Christopher Dawson economicendinfinitum Change image and share on social
Man is a messenger who forgot the message. Abraham Joshua Heschel forgetmanmessage Change image and share on social
Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence. Paracelsus earthelementextract Change image and share on social
