„The grandeur of man is measured according to what he seeks and according to the urgency by which he remains a seeker.“

— Martin Heidegger
„In seeking there are several things involved: there is the seeker and the thing that he seeks after.“
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
„The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.“
— Confucius
„What is man? He's just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.“
— Ayn Rand
„It is not that things happen to each of us according to his fate, but that he interprets what has happened, if he has power to do so, according to his sense of his own destiny.“
— Cesare Pavese
„Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„The superior man accords with the course of the Mean. Though he may be all unknown, unregarded by the world, he feels no regret — It is only the sage who is able for this.“
— Confucius
„Seek the seeker.“
— Ramana Maharshi