„Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of others honoring their sacred and proven masculinity.“

— Andrea Dworkin

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„Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.“
— Zhuangzi
„Main deficiency of active people. Active men are usually lacking in higher activity--I mean individual activity. They are active as officials, businessmen, scholars, that is, as generic beings, but not as quite particular, single and unique men. In this respect they are lazy.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly," His Highness replied, "…and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.“
— Murasaki Shikibu