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For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.
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A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause…
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The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
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A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him…
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility…
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The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect…
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The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in…
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A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about…
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
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A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him…
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Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised…
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A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong,…
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Some nights, one wants to tell beloveds everything that's been waiting to be said. Some nights, a man needs flesh and blood…
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Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
— Abdul Kalam
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The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual; everything man needs has to be discovered by his mind and produced…
— Ayn Rand
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A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Man needs so little... yet he begins wanting so much.
— Louis L'Amour
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Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the…
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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The man and the woman are not really two separate entities, but the personality of the man needs the supporting qualities of…
— Rajneesh
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Christianity affirms that at the heart of reality is a Heart, a loving Father who works through history for the salvation of…
— Martin Luther
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A man needs a friend to share goals with, a woman to share his heart with, and a nation to serve with…
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