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Life Quotes by Ludwig von Mises
- Whoever prefers life to death, happiness to suffering, well-being to misery must defend without compromise private ownership in the means of production.
- This, then, is freedom in the external life of man-that he is independent of the arbitrary power of his fellows.
- The aim of the popularization of economic studies is not to make every man an economist. The idea is to equip the citizen for his…
- Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American takes it for granted that every year business makes something new and better accessible…
- Business is a means- the only means- to increase the quantity of goods available for preserving life and rendering it more agreeable.
- The characteristic feature of militarism is not the fact that a nation has a powerful army or navy. It is the paramount role assigned to…
- Man is born an asocial and antisocial being. The newborn child is a savage. Egoism is his nature. Only the experience of life and the…
- If we live our lives as a gift it is possible to reach a blissful state of eternal happiness. It is those who live their…
- The truth is that most people lack the intellectual ability and courage to resist a popular movement, however pernicious and ill-considered.
- True, man cannot escape death. But for the present he is alive; and life, not death, takes hold of him... It is mans innate nature…
- The history of mankind is the history of ideas. For it is ideas, theories, and doctrines that guide human action, determine the ultimate ends men…
- As soon as we surrender the principle that the state should not interfere in any questions touching on the individuals mode of life, we end…
- This is the difference between slavery and freedom. The slave must do what his superior orders him to do, but the free citizen-and this is…
- The most serious dangers for American freedom and the American way of life do not come from without.
- State interference in economic life, which calls itself economic policy, has done nothing but destroy economic life. Prohibitions and regulations have by their general obstructive…
- Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy of human life…
- Economic control is not merely control of a sector of human life that can be separated from the rest; it is the control of the…
- In the world of reality, life, and human action there is no such thing as interests independent of ideas, preceding them temporarily and logically. What…
- Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and acting are not contrary to…
- Most of us have no sympathy with the rich idler who spends his life in pleasure without ever doing any work. But even he fulfills…
- The alcoholic and the drug addict harm only themselves by their behavior; the person who violates the rules of morality governing mans life in society…
- Capitalism means free enterprise, sovereignty of the consumers in economic matters, and sovereignty of the voters in political matters. Socialism means full government control of…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle