Approved Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel Download Open image “Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.” — Henri Frederic Amiel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Approved Culture Diversity Ends Guilt Justice Mean Regret Righteous Violent
There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing a proper degree of… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as "righteous" anger or justifiable killing. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
A sense of righteousness is even more dangerous than a violent temper. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“As though you could use violent, unjust means and achieve peace and justice! Means determine ends; and must be like the ends proposed. Means… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. — Bible Copy Share Image
“When you've committed yourself to violence it takes an almost inhuman effort to stop short. It's one of those things that once you've started… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends.… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
“sacralized, violence made sacred in the very act of being expelled; or still, human violence transformed from bad and destructive” — Cesareo Bandera Copy Share Image
Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies. — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us.… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Each bud flowers but once and each flower has but its minute of perfect beauty; so, in the garden of the soul each feeling… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery on the other hand is demanded and pursued by the… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
In mid-May, the House of Representatives approved the full amount of money that the Veterans Administration said was needed for next year - plus… — Doc Hastings Copy Share Image
Foreign journalists have to have an approved interpreter assigned them, which they have to pay for, who also acts as guide. As an Iranian,… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The White House approved an exemption in Obamacare coverage for Congress and members of their staff. Members complained that the Affordable Care Act will… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
The SEC got more than 100 rules to write under Dodd-Frank, the lion's share of all the agencies. And we've moved, I think, with… — Mary Schapiro Copy Share Image
In my schoolboy days I had no aversion to slavery. I was not aware there was anything wrong about it. No-one arraigned it in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When I first began examining the global-warming scare, I found nothing more puzzling than the way officially approved scientists kept on being shown to… — Christopher Booker Copy Share Image
There is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
I should have known something was wrong with my first wife. When I brought her home to meet my parents, they approved of her. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
You wouldn't want to live a life in which you are loved or approved by all people on Earth or even within your own… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
That which concerns everyone must also be discussed and approved by everyone. — Guy Verhofstadt Copy Share Image
