
“It may be called the Master Passion—the hunger for Self-Approval.”
Source: What Is Man? (1906), Ch. 6
"What Is Man?" is a short story by American writer Mark Twain, published in 1906. It is a dialogue between a Young Man and an Old Man regarding the nature of man. The title refers to Psalm 8:4, which begins "what is man, that you are mindful of him...".
“It may be called the Master Passion—the hunger for Self-Approval.”
Source: What Is Man? (1906), Ch. 6
“I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts.”
Source: What Is Man?