James Boswell Quotes
I think there is a blossom about me of something more distinguished than the generality of mankind.
Quotes to Explore
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Mankind can be very magnanimous, given the chance.
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The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.
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All mankind love a lover.
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If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
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Advocating the expansion of the powers of the state is treason to mankind, goddamnit!
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I do not believe in a God who maliciously or arbitrarily interferes in the personal affairs of mankind. My religion consists of an humble admiration for the vast power which manifests itself in that small part of the universe which our poor, weak minds can grasp!
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A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels.
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Only freedom from prejudice and tireless zeal avail for the most holy of the endeavours of mankind, the practice of the true art of healing.
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Mankind may be divided into playgoers and not playgoers.
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To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity.
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It's difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind.
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Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind.
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In the long run, we must focus on what is the better good for mankind.
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Iraq will triumph and with Iraq will our Arab nation and mankind also triumph.
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Though well to decorate the blossom, it is far better to prepare for the harvest.
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(He) mourned mankind, and the blindness of men, who thought that the Kosmos had rules and limits that would shelter them from their own freedom. There were no shelters. There were no final purposes. Futility, and freedom, were Absolute
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The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.
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Meanness is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed.
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All that Shakespeare says of the king, yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself.
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We are loaded down with too many good things, more than we could ever need, while others are desperate for a small loaf. The good things we cling to are more than money; we hoard our resources, our gifts, our time, our families, out friends....how ludicrous it is to hold on to the abundance God has given us and merely repeat the words 'thank you'.
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I think there is a blossom about me of something more distinguished than the generality of mankind.
