Pastoral Resources

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.

No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind.

It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.

If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.

It will be said, however, that protection tends to destroy commerce, the civilizer of mankind. Directly the reverse, however, is the fact.

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

I'm still a firm believer that we were definitely put here to use our minds, and that is what makes us different. And that that's the key. If there is anything that is going to stop mankind from being such a beastly, destructive creature, it is reason.

Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.

We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily.

We leave as we came and, god willing, as we shall return, with peace, and hope for all mankind.

For in this century, within the next decades, will be decided for generations whether all mankind is to become Communist, whether the whole world is to become free, or whether, in the struggle, civilization as we know it is to be completely destroyed or completely changed.

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.

To govern mankind, one must not overrate them.