Absurd Quote by Charles Fletcher Dole Download Open image “It is absurd to suppose, if this is God's world, that men must always be selfish barbarians.” — Charles Fletcher Dole ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Absurd Barbarians Being selfish Ifs Men Selfish World
In a world where God does not exist, any reasonable person must see that the propensity toward selfishness should be the most venerated of… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
Men's moral principles are weak enough without their being made subordinate to selfishness; and their selfishness is quite active enough, without any such effort… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“God must have put men on the Earth with a surplus of social advantages because it was their only hope of surviving their incapacitating… — Vivian Arend Copy Share Image
If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
God chooses that men should be tried, but let a man beware of tempting his neighbor. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Men are free to decide their own moral choices, but they are also under the necessity to account to God for those choices. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
The utter folly of our time is lamentable, that men should think to assist God with human help and to protect the Church of… — Hilary of Poitiers Copy Share Image
If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Golden hours of vision come to us in this present life, when we are at our best, and our faculties work together in harmony. — Charles Fletcher Dole Copy Share Image
When the first just and friendly man appeared on the earth, from that day a fatal Waterloo was visible for all the men of… — Charles Fletcher Dole Copy Share Image
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When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
It is a dangerous and fateful presumption, besides the absurd temerity that it implies, to disdain what we do not comprehend. For after you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I thought to myself: if it’s true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps… — Sadegh Hedayat Copy Share Image
If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not mildly, but… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To deprecate human reason by saying that none of us is or can be omniscient is absurd, for it takes an impossible standard as… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
“Rachel got up and did this happy little shuffle, like she was some cheerful farmer chick who'd just stepped outside to find the hick… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image