471 quotes found
“those, who are believed to be most self—abased and humble, are generally in reality the most ambitious and envious”
“The superstitious know how to reproach people for their vices better than they know how to teach them virtues, and they strive, not to guide men by reason, but to restrain them by fear, so that the...”
“It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being.”
“With nature on your side, you don’t need numbers, you don’t need financing and you certainly don’t need to make friends with people you should be fightingagainst.”
“If you can’t see the feelings in a donkey, a ship, or a delicate tool, then it’s just as easy to not see them in your brother or sister when you can profit by treating them badly.”
“If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.”
“Karna is a good man, but he sees good even in what is bad. His seeing it as good doesn't make the bad good, but makes his goodness look bad.”
“While mistakes may be local, in today’s connected world embarrassment is global”
“Hope is a passion for the possible.”
“Those who think that modern times are wickeder than previous times are apt to identify the cause as the weakening of a sense of moral law, associated with the departure of religious traditions of m...”
“Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself.”
