fear has always been a diminisher of life. Whether bred in the bogs of superstition or clothed in the brocades of dogma and ritual, the specter of death has reduced the living to supplicants, powerless. Marya Mannes More Quotes by Marya Mannes More Quotes From Marya Mannes The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future. Marya Mannes environmentalabuserevenge Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it. Marya Mannes dignityablelife-is In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. Marya Mannes our-societyinspirationalreality The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth. Marya Mannes effortmaturityart We pity or condemn the communist peoples of the world for being bound in the chains of doctrine. So are we. Our doctrine runs as follows: Our Way is the Only Way. Marya Mannes doctrinerunningworld All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. Marya Mannes seductionwomenlovers It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere. Marya Mannes sinceresound Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them. Marya Mannes accusedhonestway People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are. Marya Mannes horsecarpeople The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. Marya Mannes age-and-youtheffortart The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so. Marya Mannes leaks Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow. Marya Mannes down-andnaturelying For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves. Marya Mannes chancemaytwo Until we know what motivates the hearts and minds of men we can understand nothing outside ourselves, nor will we ever reach fulfillment as that greatest miracle of all, the human being. Marya Mannes miracleheartmen Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid of losing what they had. Marya Mannes progresschangefear Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal. Marya Mannes stringsgenerosityinspirational The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incubator of the spirit. Marya Mannes being-alonespaceloneliness The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other. Marya Mannes communicationpoliticalpeople I would call an intellectual one whose instrument of work - his mind - is also his major source of pleasure; a man whose entertainment is his intelligence. Marya Mannes intellectualmindmen Self-restraint may be alien to the human temperament, but humanity without restraint will dig its own grave. Marya Mannes humanityselfmay
