A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. |
Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party. |
Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism. |
Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear, their table-talk, gossip, controversies, historical sense and scientific training, the values they appreciate, the quality of life they admire. All communities have a culture. It is the climate of their civilization. |
He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. |
He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. |
Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible. |
Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power |
Industry is a better horse to ride than genius. |
It is impossible to abolish either with a law or an ax the desires of men |
It is impossible to abolish either with a law or an ax the desires of men |
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf |
Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed |
Men who are "orthodox" when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives |
Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. |