Generous Quote by George Mason

“A steady recognition that the evils which prevent the fullness of moral development are precisely the elements which are also the source of the…

— Michael Polanyi

“We nurture our own being by respecting all people and consciously working to mitigate the pain of the world.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Human nature is universally imbued with a desire for liberty, and a hatred for servitude.”

— Julius Ceasar

Liberalism downplays certain of our moral senses: loyalty, authority, and sanctity.

— Robert J. Shiller

Constantly measuring ourselves against others sours and shortens our lives, robbing us of the very things we think it will bring: prosperity, love, inner…

— Martha Beck

To live in any true sense of the word is to reject others; to accept them, one must be able to renounce, to do…

— Anonymous

We, especially those of us in depoliticized and pacified societies, need to cast a colder eye at our self-perceptions, now and in the past,…

— Pankaj Mishra

“The end toward which mankind is inexorably developing by the constant overcoming of internal antagonisms is not the enjoyment, ownership, or use of goods,…

— C.L.R. James

“If we have learned anything from the liberation movements, we should have learned how difficult it is to be aware of the ways in…

— Peter Singer

“Whether out of inertia or selfishness, whether out of fear or a simple lack of moral imagination, we so often spend our lives as…

— Obama

What the activity of this disposition of ours means in the evolution of the world, we do not know. Nor can we regulate this…

— Albert Schweitzer