“There is no man alone, because every man is a Microcosm, and carries the whole world about him.”

“Noble be man,
Helpful and good!
For that alone
Sets hims apart
From every other creature
On earth.”

“This is still the strangest thing in all man's travelling, that he should carry about with him incongruous memories.”

“Man... About the Body ~Man is the true image of God; he has been created in the likeness of the universe. Everything great to be found in the universe is reflected, I a small degree, in man. For this reason, man is signified as a microcosm in contrast to the macrocosm of the universe. Strictly speaking, the entire nature manifests itself in man and it will be the task of this chapter to inform about these problems...”

“Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement.”

“To the wise man every land is eligible as a place of residence; for the whole world is the country of the worthy soul.”

“Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.”

“Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.”

“But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things.”

“Every set is a man's world. Even on 'The L Word,' the crew was primarily men. The whole world is a man's world, unless you're in a nunnery. And even that is colored by what you're allowed, what doctrine you're allowed to practice.”