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Man as social animal35 quotes
Man is a social animal. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will accept me as a member. — Groucho Marx · 1949No man is an Island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. — John Donne · 1624A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries. — Thomas Mann · 1924The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self. The ultimate touchstone is witness: the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone. — David Whyte · 2020Mankind have been created for the sake of one another. — Marcus Aurelius · 180All 35 quotes →Interconnectedness of all people5 quotes
No man is an Island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. — John Donne · 1624Mankind have been created for the sake of one another. — Marcus Aurelius · 180There is a sense in which we are all each other's consequences. — Wallace Stegner · 1967We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. — J.B. Priestley · 1945Society does not consist of individuals; it expresses the sum of connections and relationships in which individuals find themselves. — Karl Marx · 1883Conformity2 quotes
To be like everyone else. Isn't that what we all want in the end? — Carol Shields · 1997When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. — Eric Hoffer · 1955Empathy2 quotes
How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. — Adam Smith · 1759Though our brother is upon the rack, as long as we ourselves are at our ease, our senses will never inform us of what he suffers. They never did, and never can, carry us beyond our own person, and it is by the imagination only that we can form any conception of what are his sensations... His agonies, when they are thus brought home to ourselves, when we have thus adopted and made them our own, begin at last to affect us, and we then tremble and shudder at the thought of what he feels. — Adam Smith · 1759Human nature2 quotes
How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. — Adam Smith · 1759There are no conditions of life to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees them accepted by everyone about him. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877Nature of man2 quotes
Man is a social animal. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677Man was formed for society. — William Blackstone · 1765Relationships2 quotes
Everybody needs a co-pilot. — Ryan Bingham · 2009There is a sense in which we are all each other's consequences. — Wallace Stegner · 1967Support2 quotes
I know things can really get rough when you go it alone. Don’t go thinking you gotta be tough and bleed like a stone. — The Shins · 2012Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. — Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 · 931 BCSupport from others2 quotes
I know things can really get rough when you go it alone. Don’t go thinking you gotta be tough and bleed like a stone. — The Shins · 2012Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. — Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 · 931 BCAdaptability1 quote
There are no conditions of life to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees them accepted by everyone about him. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877Connecting with others1 quote
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. — Carl Jung · 1933Eating1 quote
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. — M.F.K. Fisher · 1949Food1 quote
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. — M.F.K. Fisher · 1949Friendliness1 quote
The social, friendly, honest man,
Whate'er he be,
'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan,
An' none but he! — Robert Burns · 1785Friendship1 quote
The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self. The ultimate touchstone is witness: the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone. — David Whyte · 2020Helping others1 quote
So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend. — Robert Louis Stevenson · 1872Honesty1 quote
The social, friendly, honest man,
Whate'er he be,
'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan,
An' none but he! — Robert Burns · 1785Individualism1 quote
Can't rely on anyone these days, you have to do everything yourself, don't we. — The Joker · 2008Influences1 quote
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. — Euripides · 400 BCIsolation1 quote
Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamour of silence. — Rabindranath Tagore · 1916Man and animals1 quote
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must either be a beast or a god. — Aristotle · 350 BCNature of friendship1 quote
The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self. The ultimate touchstone is witness: the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone. — David Whyte · 2020Personal chemistry1 quote
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. — Carl Jung · 1933Political compromise1 quote
The condition of our survival in any but the meagerest existence is our willingness to accommodate ourselves to the conflicting interests of others, to learn to live in a social world. — Learned Hand · 1931Political theory1 quote
The condition of our survival in any but the meagerest existence is our willingness to accommodate ourselves to the conflicting interests of others, to learn to live in a social world. — Learned Hand · 1931Relying on others1 quote
Can't rely on anyone these days, you have to do everything yourself, don't we. — The Joker · 2008Serving others1 quote
This is living, not to live unto oneself alone. — Menander · 290 BCSocial status1 quote
Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will accept me as a member. — Groucho Marx · 1949Society1 quote
Society does not consist of individuals; it expresses the sum of connections and relationships in which individuals find themselves. — Karl Marx · 1883