The Little Man does not want to hear the truth about himself. He does not want the great responsibility which is his. He wants to remain a Little Man.
To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit, which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction.
Nietzsche [claims] that the scientist is at best an instrument, a useful slave: he does not command or decide, he is not a whole man.
But when mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill!
The distinguishing marks of a Methodist are not his opinions of any sort. His assenting to this or that scheme of Religion, his embracing any particular set of notions, his espousing the judgment of one man or of another, are all quite wide of the point.
The assaying of tea is an art and not a science. It is the man, and not his instruments, which is the most important.
The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals, is the means of his support, is the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.
Reason, that which we call reason, reflex and reflective knowledge, the distinguishing mark of man, is a social product.
It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the helpless man should succeed or the coward prosper.
He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.