Man
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Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.
I was given such a great gift. It's a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I'll be. I just want to be a better man.
I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.
Prayer is man's greatest power!
A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.
Walking is man's best medicine.
Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to put chains on your body, because the chains are on your mind.
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.
Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide.
Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.
Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.
Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this — no dog exchanges bones with another.
Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.
Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.