If I condemn mankind too much it is because I know myself too well.

Quote by William Saroyan

Topics: Mankind Quotes

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when...

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when...

I was a little afraid of him; not the boy himself, but of what he...

I was a little afraid of him; not the boy himself, but of what he...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you...

In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you...

I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human...

I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human...

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining...

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining...

I see death as a private event, the destruction of the universe in the brain...

I see death as a private event, the destruction of the universe in the brain...

Whoever the kid had been, whoever had had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the...

Whoever the kid had been, whoever had had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they...

Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they...

Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place...

Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place...

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as...

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

The simple fact was that if the song wasn't about me, I couldn't see how...

The simple fact was that if the song wasn't about me, I couldn't see how...

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little...

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there...

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there...

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

I'd rather lose myself in passion than lose my passion.

I'd rather lose myself in passion than lose my passion.

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as...

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as...