Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.
A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.