"Passing into higher forms of desire, that which……" — Henry George
"Passing into higher forms of desire, that which slumbered in the plant, and fitfully stirred in the beast, awakes in the man."
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52 Quotes by Henry George
Henry George has 52 quotes on this site.
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It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the…
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That alone is wise which is just; that alone is enduring which is right.
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Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.
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The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call…
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He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.
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He who by an exertion of mind or body, adds to the aggregate of enjoyable wealth, increases the sum of…
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Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the…
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For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of…
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How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long…
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Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.
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That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.
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The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have…
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More Awakes Quotes
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Renounce and give up. What did Christ say? "He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Again…
— Swami Vivekananda
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There is a giant asleep within every man. When that giant awakes, miracles happen.
— Frederick Schiller Faust
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Wildness It is perennially within us, dormant as a hard-shelled seed, awaiting the fire or flood that awakes it again.
— Gary Snyder
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Meditation begins with a call that awakes us out of the coma of self-preoccupation. We are called, we are chosen.…
— John Main
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Perfect knowledge comes only when you see the world in yourself, just as he who awakes from the dream then…
— Unknown Author
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Crime, violence, infamy are not tragedy. Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to…
— Whittaker Chambers
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Look into your own heart because who looks outside, dreams, but who looks inside awakes.
— Jane Austen
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Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness's of other people. One does not become…
— Carl Jung
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Shy gold begins to peep through the sombre green - the wattle's wedding dress - and Spring is near. Then…
— C. J. Dennis
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All music is is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments.
— Walt Whitman
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Fatigue dulls the pain, but awakes enticing thoughts of death. So! that is the way in which you are tempted…
— Dag Hammarskjold
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I am like a child who awakes At the light, so safe and secureFree from night's fears when dawn breaks,…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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