"Gratitude is the moral memory of mankind." — Georg Simmel
"Gratitude is the moral memory of mankind."
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Georg Simmel
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37 Quotes by Georg Simmel
Georg Simmel has 37 quotes on this site.
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Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.
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For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a…
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By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline,that is reserved within being in general. Given…
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The calculative exactness of practical life which the money economy has brought about corresponds to the ideal of natural science:…
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Nothing more can be attempted than to establish the beginning and the direction of an infinitely long road. The pretension…
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For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.
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Music and love are the only accomplishments of humanity which do not, in an absolute sense, have to be called…
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Fashion is the playing area for individuals that lack interior autonomy and need more support points, but who nonetheless feel…
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In the immediate as well as the symbolic sense, in the physical as well as the intellectual sense, we are…
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The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the…
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The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands…
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Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being.
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More Gratitude Quotes
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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
— Aristotle
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all…
— Lance Armstrong
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Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Each day provides its own gifts.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.
— Richard Bach
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
— Philip James Bailey
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I wanted to say thanks... and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support…
— Travis Barker
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
— Karl Barth
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On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume…
— William Bartram
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who…
— Saint Basil
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Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
— Saint Basil
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