We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution. — African Spir Biology Copy Share Image
Arbitrariness and true liberty are as distinct from each other that the empirical nature is distinct from the higher nature of man. — African Spir Copy Share Image
A good man ("un homme de bien", Fr.) never wholly perishes, the best part of his being outlives (or survives) in eternity. — African Spir Eternity Copy Share Image
The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation… — African Spir Civilisation Copy Share Image
To sacrifice the moral to the physical, as is done in these days, is to sacrifice reality for a shadow. — African Spir Copy Share Image
There is a radical dualism between the empirical nature of man and its moral nature. — African Spir Dualism Copy Share Image
The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war. — African Spir Cain Copy Share Image
Possessions of this world have not been for the exclusive use by such or such category of individuals. — African Spir Copy Share Image
What is the use for a man to have at his disposal a large field of action, if within himself he remains… — African Spir Action Copy Share Image
Men spend their life down here in the worship of petty (or mean) interests and the search of perishable things, and with… — African Spir Eternity Copy Share Image
The divine element manifests itself (or show up) in man as well by his aptitude for science, than by his aptitude for… — African Spir Aptitude Copy Share Image
As long as men will not be freed from their errors and delusions, humanity will not be able to go towards ("marcher… — African Spir Copy Share Image
If man do not find in himself the required (or wished, or wanted, - "voulue", Fr.) force to accomplish his moral aspirations,… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Place (or put) a spider on top of a mountain, it will only try to catch flies; alas, they are many those… — African Spir Copy Share Image
To be effective, morality has to be reasoned (or worked out). To want ("vouloir", Fr.) to repress evil only by coercion, and… — African Spir Character Copy Share Image
A man, engaged in his simple reflections in everyday life, will comprehend neither the possibility, nor the benefits of self-sacrifice, but, when… — African Spir Copy Share Image
The distinction between right and wrong ("la distinction du bien et du mal", Fr.), is nothing else than their unyielding (or implacable)… — African Spir Copy Share Image
It must be all the same to the citizens ("ressortissants", Fr.) of a country that their governing (those in power) speak such… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Outward, thanks to the knowledge of physical laws, man could subdue (or subjugate...) nature, but inwardly, he remained a slave to it.… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Men who have sacrifice their well-being, and even their lives, for the cause of truth or the public good, are, from an… — African Spir Altruism Copy Share Image
The fact that men have a same origin and live in the same universe means that they are representatives of a same… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Experience shows that what great role pratice and experience play in education; pratice, the prolonged exercice lead to habit: exemple suggests imitation.… — African Spir Education Copy Share Image
So many forces and resources would become available if States, aware (or conscious) of their true (or real) mission, would want to… — African Spir Copy Share Image
As the antagonism between those who possess, and those who do not, is becoming more acute day after day, we can already… — African Spir Copy Share Image
There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good. — African Spir Copy Share Image
The supreme blossoming of character lies (or reside) in renounciation (or renuncement) and abnegation of self ("abnégation de soi", Fr.) — African Spir Copy Share Image
Only a moral education based on free inner discipline can bring to bear a salutary action and lead to a true morality. — African Spir Action Copy Share Image
It is not on the ruin of liberty that we may (in the future... - "pourra", Fr.) build justice. — African Spir Freedom Copy Share Image
The well understood equity as well as interest of society demand that we work on much more to prevent crime and offenses… — African Spir Crime Copy Share Image
The moral improvement demands an evolution leading to a higher consciousness. — African Spir Biology Copy Share Image
To reform society, and with it humanity, there is only one mean; to transform the mentality of men, to direct them ("les… — African Spir Copy Share Image
In the actual state of social relationships, the forms ("formes", Fr.) of politeness are necessary as a subsitute to benevolence. — African Spir Benevolence Copy Share Image
In this world everything that is won to the ideal, is an eternal (or imperishable, - "impérissable", Fr.) good. — African Spir Eternal Copy Share Image
It depends on ourselves to be to each others, either a blessing or a torment. — African Spir Blessing Copy Share Image
The more a man is successful in getting out (or coming out) from his own individuality, of his egoist self, and to… — African Spir Character Copy Share Image
The appalling and shameful scene ("spectacle", Fr.) of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will… — African Spir Deeds Copy Share Image
There are (or is) indeed no contradiction between science and religion, the fields of which are different, and which, far from mutually… — African Spir Contradiction Copy Share Image
There are some who esteem that it is a naivety to believe that a moral regeneration may be possible ("soit possible", Fr.);… — African Spir Copy Share Image
The precept to worship God 'in spirit and in truth' recommand to worship him as an inward and moral force, without physical… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Nothing that rest on some contradictory basis shall succeed or last in the long run ("ne saurait réussir ou durer, à la… — African Spir Copy Share Image
