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- 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…
- There are two methods of human activity - and according to which one of these two kinds of activity people mainly follow, are there two…
- As we live through thousands of dreams in our present life, so is our present life only one of many thousands of such lives which…
- It is a rude feeling, because it is natural only to people standing on the lowest level of morality, and expecting from other nations such…
- It is a harmful feeling, because it disturbs advantageous and joyous, peaceful relations with other peoples, and above all produces that governmental organization under which…
- Patriotism is "a very definite feeling of preference for one's own people or State above all other peoples and States, and a consequent wish to…
- Christian love comes from the understanding that there is a unity of divine origins in oneself and in other people, and not only in people,…
- Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other…
- The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.
- Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has…
- By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but also the belief…
- People involve themselves in countless activities which they consider to be important, but they forget about one activity which is more important and necessary than…
- A new conception of life cannot be imposed on men; it can only be freely assimilated. And it can only be freely assimilated in two…
- At one time,' Golenishchev continued, either not observing or not willing to observe that both Anna and Vronsky wanted to speak, 'at one time a…
- The kinder and more intelligent a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things…
- The kinder and more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness they can find in other people.
- In former times the chief method of justifying the use of violence and thereby infringing the law of love was by claiming a divine right…
- If we would only testify to the truth as we see it, it would turn out that there are hundreds, thousands, even millions of other…
- Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the universe--he has no other--and that…
- At the approach of danger two voices speak with equal force in the heart of man: one very reasonably tells the man to consider the…
- And all people live, Not by reason of any care they have for themselves, But by the love for them that is in other people.
- War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of…
- Art begins when a man, with a purpose of communicating to other people a feeling he once experienced, calls it up again within himself and…
- The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she…
- The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the greater the number of people he is connected with, the more power he has over…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour