The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race. E. M. Forster
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser. Robertson Davies
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Samuel Johnson
He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. Harry Emerson Fosdick
You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. Aristophanes
One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends. Jean Cocteau