Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself.
Felix Adler.
“The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others. I am myself spiritually dead unless I reach out to the fine ...”
“[His research into biblical criticism had lead him to the conclusion that most of what was contained in traditional religion simply wasn't true]Was I to lie in order to teach the truth? ...Was I to...”
“The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.”
“Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.”
“Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.”
“The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.”
“I love and care for everyone because I know the pain of being unloved and uncared.”
“I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.”
“Do only work that matters, and you will end up pleasing those who are important enough to care about it.”
“We stand at a crossroads. Do we choose 'the will to power' or 'the will to humanity,' or perhaps a new configuration of both: the power of humanity?”
“One thing I learned as a journalist is that there is at least one disgruntled person in every workplace in America -- and at least double that number with a conscience. Hard as they try, they simpl...”
“Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to dimini...”
“The supreme principle of socialism is that man takes precedence over things, life over property, and hence, work over capital; that power follows creation, and not possession; that man must not be ...”
“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.”
“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.”
