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One danger of a man succeeding is that it teaches his wife and daughter not to worry about success.

— Warren Farrell Why Men Are the Way They Are (1988)

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The Female Western is the battle between the good and evil methods of getting the men who perform best.

Why Men Are the Way They Are (1988)

Choosing safety is a choice of life over career.

Why Men Earn More (2005)

Sensitivity to the death and suffering of boys and men is in competition with our survival instinct.

The Boy Crisis (2018)

A key measure of emotional intelligence is knowing that every virtue taken to its extreme becomes a vice.

The Boy Crisis (2018)

After a divorce, men’s biggest fear is, typically, losing their children (women’s is poverty).

Father and Child Reunion (2001)

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We spend our lives fighting to get people very slightly more stupid than ourselves to accept truths that the great men have always known.

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To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

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Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power.

Martin Buber Between Man and Man (1965)

The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

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