Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of… — Sidney Hook Copy Share Image
“I’m less interested in proselytizing or a bigger tent for its own sake than in issues of human flourishing. What are the… — Karen L. King Copy Share Image
When economic structures and policies allow people to have access to capital, it releases a host of productivity that could humanize many… — David Kim Copy Share Image
It's time to use the antitrust laws and to break up this conglomerate corporate media that has now poisoned our democracy to… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Aiming at health, restoring health - that is a goal that is both morally important and limited, because it aims at the… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
There are strings," said Mr. Tappertit, flourishing his bread-and-cheese knife in the air, "in the human heart that had better not be… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not… — Cato the Elder Copy Share Image
For each of us has a perch on the tree. After we are gone, that perch is marked by a notch, permanent,… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I want to celebrate these elms which have been spared by the plague, these survivors of a once flourishing tribe commemorated by… — Lisel Mueller Copy Share Image
we are far too used to the assumption that poetry and poets will be there when we want them, no matter how… — Jan Clausen Copy Share Image
Everybody have equal rights to a life of full flourishing. Philosophy slowly, slowly has given us arguments saying, look, you already committed… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery. These may, perhaps, succeed for once, and borrow… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
“Have you made a choice in your past which was right at the time, but once you had a chance to think… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public… — Pericles Copy Share Image
So long as men denounce each other as mentally sick (homosexual, addicted, insane, and so forth) so that the madman can always… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
The book, that stubbornly unelectric artifact of pure typography, possesses resources conducive to the flourishing of the soul. A thoughtful reading of… — Douglas Groothuis Copy Share Image
We would say homosexuality is not the original design for sexuality. Therefore, it’s not good for human flourishing. We want people to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Culture doesn't just change because it ought to. It changes because we decide to honestly assess the values, behaviours, and systems that… — Diane Kalen-Sukra Copy Share Image
And the propensity of weak and empty people to follow a leader into the darkness from which there is no return is… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
“There will be times in your life when things simply have to be replaced because they are tired, broken, worn out, harmful,… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
There are innumerable worlds of different sizes. In some there is neither sun not moon, in others they are larger than in… — Democritus Copy Share Image
If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask… — David Sobel Copy Share Image
“We are inundated with advice on where to travel to, but we hear little of why and how we should go, even… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
We know that dismantling old oppressive regimes is a great deal faster and easier than building new flourishing democracies. Chinggis Khaan once… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Copy Share Image
There's still plenty of people who have this deep conviction that America is a Christian country and ought to say so in… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
And for the citation of so many authors, 'tis the easiest thing in nature. Find out one of these books with an… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Consequentialist theories pretend that we can set some great big ends (the general happiness, human flourishing), provide ourselves with definite enough conceptions… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
Wilderness is a place where the wild potential is fully expressed, a diversity of living and nonliving beings flourishing according to their… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
I wrote home to say how lovely everything was, and I used flourishing words and phrases, as if I were living life… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
To create a world in which life can flourish and prosper we must replace the values and institutions of capitalism with values… — David Korten Copy Share Image
A woman in the presence of a good man, a real man, loves being a woman. His strength allows her feminine heart… — Stasi Eldredge Copy Share Image
In the Bible, shalom means universal flourishing, wholeness, and delight--a rich state of affairs in which natural needs are satisfied and natural… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the overwhelming demands of daily life, you get bombarded with continuous distractions, expectations and responsibilities. Is it no wonder that you… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Toxic thoughts leave no room for truth to flourish. And in the absence of truth, lies reign. Spend some time soaking in… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
There's no necessary connection between maximizing social utility or economic wealth and creating a flourishing democracy. The first does not guarantee the… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
I testify that wickedness is rapidly expanding in every segment of our society. It is more highly organized, more cleverly disguised, and… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The rise and fall of images of the future precedes or accompanies the rise and fall of cultures. As long as a… — Fred Polak Copy Share Image
