Let him think that I am more man than I am and I will be so.
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
Articles tagged: manhood
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To be a man is to suffer for others...
When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are. It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in totally nonviolent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!
— Cesar Chavez, farmworker, in All Saints (1997) by Robert Ellsberg
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