When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.
As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage.
You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to act.
There is a great deal of human nature in man.
A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble.
Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.