A strong sense of personal identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same. D. Barnes
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their own disposition to put moral chains on their own appetites. Edmund Burke
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl Jung
Personal identity begins to form at the first pinch of anxiety about ourselves. Y. Yevtushenko
Temperament, like liberty, is imported despite how many crimes are committed in its name. Louis Kronenberger
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King Jr
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln
Behavior is conduct as determined, not by principle, but by breeding. Ambrose Bierce
Few men are of one plain, decided color, most are mixed, shaded, and blended; and vary as much, from different situations, as changeable silks do from different lights. Lord Chesterfield
Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man. Felix Frankfurter
A man’s personal identity is the custodian of his spirit. Maxine Chandler
Behavior is a mirror in which everyone displays his own image. Goethe
We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge. George Will
Only two of my personal identities are schizophrenic, but one of them is paranoid and the other one is out to get him. Woody Allen
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. Henry David Thoreau
If you act you show character, if you are still you show it, if you sleep you show it. Emerson
It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad. Plutarch
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. Lowell
We are each a unique entity created by nature with a personal identity created by each other. Arnold Bexley
The individual man tries to escape the race. And as soon as he ceases to represent the race, he represents man. Andre Gide
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind. Albert Einstein
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character? Mencius
The conduct of our lives is the true mirror of our doctrine. Montaigne
When in the present world, men behave well, that is no doubt sometimes because they are creatures of habit as well as, sometimes, because they are reasonable. Joseph Wood Krutch
Man who sleeps on railroad track wake up with split personality. David Cozens
A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him forever over a question of pride, for the opening or the shutting of a door. Stendhal
I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character. Woodrow Wilson
Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread. Richard Wright
No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one’s sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one’s character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. With mere good intentions, hell is proverbially paved. William James
Good intentions are far more difficult to cope with than malicious behavior. Jenifer Jameson
There is an invisible garment woven around us from our earliest years; it is of the way we eat, the way we walk, the way we greet people, woven of tastes and colors and perfumes which our senses spin in childhood. Jean Giraudoux
When a person lacks character, he is badly in need of a method. Albert Camus
Every attempt to explain human behavior, especially the irrational, must as a matter of course end in simplification. Morton Irving Seiden
The mirror sees the man as beautiful, the mirror loves the man; another mirror sees the man as frightful and hates him; and it is always the same being that produces the impressions. Marquis De Sade
No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character. John Morley
It was a beautiful, harmonious, peaceful-looking planet, blue with white clouds, and one that gave you a deep sense of home, of being, of identity. It is what I prefer to call instant global consciousness. Edgar Mitchell, Astronaut
The more peculiarly his own a man’s character is, the better it fits him. Cicero
The city is ourselves, mirroring with precision our needs and our activities, our values and our aspirations, our confusions and our contradictions. Michael Middleton
You have to go the rounds from individual to individual in order to gather the totality of the race. Schiller
Brisk talkers are usually slow thinkers. There is, indeed, no wild beast more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate. If you are civil to the voluble, they will abuse your patience; if brusque, your character. Jonathan Swift
Fine conduct is always spontaneous. Seneca
In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally. Chamfort
A man’s character is his guardian divinity. Heraclitus
