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• Whoever preserves a single thought uncorrupted by any concession to the will of othe
  whoever brings into reality a matchstick or a patch of garden made in the image of his thought -- he, and to that extent, is a man, and that extent is the sole measure of his virtue....
• If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them
  privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous....
• Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call.
  There is one direction in which all space is open to him. Ralph Waldo Emerso...
• only to the extent which -- in chains, in dungeo
  in hidden corners, in the cells of philosophers, in the shops of traders -- some men continued to think, only to that extent was humanity able to survive ....
• Man does work for profit in order to enjoy pain; but in a positive sense
  he works to enjoy the excitement and meaning that achievement provides for his own psychological growth and thereby his happiness....
• After his Ignoble Disgrace, Satan was being expelled from Heaven.
  As he passed through the Gates, he paused a moment in thought, and turned to God and said, "A new creature called Man, I hear, is soon to be created....
• The Bore is the person who deprives you of your solitude without any form of recompense in the form of decent company.
  A good bore can consume within the space of one year, one and a half times his own weight in patience....
• In his house he had a large looking-glass, before which he would stand and go through his exercises.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Demosthene...
• If a man is happy in his work, exerting himself to the full extent of his capabilities, and enjoying it, I'd say he's a success.
  -- William Romai...