When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
Attributable to Diogenes of Sinope
If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
John Steinbeck
I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.
Richard Feynman
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
Robert E. Howard : Conan
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire