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• What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.
• No one loves the man whom he fears. -- Aristotle
• A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill
  he remains on this side of his talents, and even if he has genius, he is doomed to mediocrity....
• But if a man happens to find himself ... he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.
• A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book i, Chap. xxxviii, Of Solitude...
• A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears: -- Montaigne
• Man was born to love-- Though often he has sought Like Icarus, to fly to high.
  And far too lonely than he ought To kiss the sun of east and west And hold the world at his behest-- To hold the terrible power To whom only gods are blessed-- But me I am just a man....
• Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
  -- Albert Schweitze...
• Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee--and not too far away lest he forget thee.
  -- Aneurin Beva...