Highest Quotes

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For contemplation is both the highest form of activity (since the intellect is the highest thing in us, and the objects that it apprehends are… — Aristotle
Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and… — William Lloyd Garrison
The aim (of education) must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest… — Albert Einstein
The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry… — Leo Tolstoy
Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear. — Laozi
We have the most prolonged adolescence in the history of mankind. There is no other society that requires so many years to pass before people… — Ralph Nader
The lowest standards of ethics of which a right-thinking man can possibly conceive is taught to the common soldier whose trade is to shoot his… — Clarence Darrow
Is it not the interest of the human race, that every one should be so taught and placed, that he would find his highest enjoyment… — Robert Owen
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and… — Shirley Hufstedler
Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Making people laugh is one of the highest achievements you can have. And when you can make someone laugh and cry, alternatively, as Chaplin does… — Elliott Erwitt
Vaughan Telecom installers and contractors ensure the highest quality service for data and network cabling in Toronto and GTA area. — Edward Abbey
Memory selects single important images, just as the camera does. In that manner both are able to isolate the highest moments of living. — Galen Rowell
The safety of the state is the highest law. — Justinian I
To make the essence of man visible in the exposure is the highest art of photography. — Friedrich Durrenmatt
Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate. Non-violence always suffers,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use… — Walt Whitman
Any allegation of runaway capitalism has to be tempered by the observation that today we have the largest public sectors and the highest taxes the… — Johan Norberg
Daily meditation keeps me sane. I memorize prayers or poems that express my highest spiritual ideals, and quietly, word for word, go through the prayer… — Ashley Judd

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