"We must not, however, be like the leaders……" — Irving Babbitt
"We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration."
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38 Quotes by Irving Babbitt
Irving Babbitt has 38 quotes on this site.
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For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.
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A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the…
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The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
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A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to…
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path…
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The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the…
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The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded…
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A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but…
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy…
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
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More Aspiration Quotes
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by…
— Marcus Aurelius
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
— Sri Aurobindo
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To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite,…
— Charles Baudelaire
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The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.
— Theodor Adorno
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Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them…
— Allan Bloom
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Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything…
— Victor Borge
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings…
— Lakhdar Brahimi
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Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?
— Robert Browning
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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up…
— Louisa May Alcott
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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
— William Ellery Channing
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You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
— James Allen
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To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.
— James Allen
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