"For nature is good, an man is 'by nature' good; it is civilization which ruins him"

-- Jostein Gaarder

#Men Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Ruins Quotes

“I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor.”
“In no case may we interpret an action [of an animal] as the outcome of the exercise of a higher psychical faculty, if it can be interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological scale.”
“No matter what response you get from anyone you meet, You are a worthwhile person.”

Source : Susan Jeffers (1993). “Dare to Connect: Reaching Out in Romance, Friendship, and the Workplace”, Ballantine Books
“Friendships like marriages are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.”
“When feminism and gay activism set themselves against organized religion, they have the obligation to put something better in its place.”
“Fools are very often united in the strictest intimacies, as the lighter kinds of woods are the most closely glued together.”

Source : William Shenstone (1868). “Essays on men and manners”, p.231
“I enjoy hitting tennis balls. I haven't lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people.”
“Collecting at its best is very far from mere acquisitiveness; it may become one of the most humanistic of occupations, seeking to illustrate by the assembling of significant reliques, the march of the human spirit in its quest for beauty...”

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