Enlightened Quote by William H. Prescott Download Open image “Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.” — William H. Prescott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Enlightened Interest Public good Self Self interest
Self-interest is hostile to the common good, but enlightened self-interest is not. And this is the best key to the meaning of enlightenment. — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
“This is how social change ultimately happens: enlightened values do not change behavior; the contours of self-interest are altered and new values rush into… — William Powers Copy Share Image
An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of… — Friedrich List Copy Share Image
Self-interest is the most ingenious and persuasive of all the agents that deceive our consciences, while by means of it our unhappy and stubborn… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and not necessarily… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
The public good is promoted best by people pursuing their own private interests. This bothers some people because they're more concerned with motives than… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
By pursuing his own interest (the individual) frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“If you press people to identify the motives behind their self-interest it usually boils down to four items: money, power, status, and popularity.” — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I embrace the concept of enlightened self-interest - that in doing something for others, people also reap profound benefits for themselves. It might involve… — Simon McKeon Copy Share Image
“The life of the Spanish discoverers was one long day-dream. Illusion after illusion chased one another like the bubbles which the child throws off… — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
“a government, which does not rest on the sympathies of its subjects, cannot long abide; that human institutions, when not connected with human prosperity… — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
The triumphs of the warrior are bounded by the narrow theatre of his own age; but those of a Scott or a Shakspeare will… — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to virtue. Where… — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
No man is quite so much a hero in the dark as in broad daylight, in solitude as in society, in the gloom of… — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
The history of literature is the history of the human mind. It is, as compared with other histories, the intellectual as distinguished from the… — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
Architecture is, to a certain extent, a sensual gratification. It addresses itself to the eye, and affords the best scope for the parade of… — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything… — Bankei Yotaku Copy Share Image
Enlightened people live in very charged states of attention, with a tremendous power circuiting through them. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Now the stage today is to know that Self Realization gives you experiences and then your faith is established. Not blind but open enlightened… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Through the grace of a thief, one can become a thief and through the grace of a Gnani [the enlightened one], one can become… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Our attitude towards evil must be freed from hatred, and has itself need to be enlightened in character...Satan rejoices when he succeeds in inspiring… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
I think enlightenment is something that you decide to do after you have met someone who is enlightened. Something touches your heart, your being… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all. — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
For I did not know that the soul needs to be enlightened by light from outside itself, so that it can participate in truth,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock.… — Mark McNairy Copy Share Image
In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas... — Han Fei Copy Share Image
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