2098 Quotations Found

Economic values alone make life possible, but the moral, aesthetic, and intellectual values alone make it worth living.

Author: Peter Viereck | Subject: Life & Society

Never was our [education] system so inadequate as today in teaching discrimination and absolutes of conduct. We teach a child to read and are surprised at the enormous circulation of the Yellow Press and the Father Coughlins. We are bred as little evolutionary Progressives, but we don’t discriminate in what direction we breathlessly rush “forward.” The explanation is that we are no longer given the … [ Read more ]

Author: Peter Viereck | Subject: Education | Scholarship

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

Author: Margaret Mead | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Politics & Public Policy

Nations, like individuals, languish when they only have uncritical lovers or unloving critics.

Author: Kishore Mahbubani | Source: The Wilson Quarterly | Subjects: Insight, Life & Society, Perception | Observation, Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior

This is what the contemporary self wants. It wants to be recognized, wants to be connected: It wants to be visible. […] If the property that grounded the self, in Romanticism, was sincerity, and in modernism it was authenticity, then in postmodernism it is visibility. So we live exclusively in relation to others, and what disappears from our lives is solitude. […] But no real … [ Read more ]

Author: William Deresiewics | Subjects: Insight, IT | Technology, Life & Society, Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior, Thought Starters

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

Author: George Bernard Shaw | Subjects: Gratitude, Perception | Observation

An anarchist wants to stir things up for no particular outcome. A terrorist may have a cause but not know how to pursue the cause within the boundaries of society. But an activist is someone who can work within the boundaries to make change happen.

Author: Gary Hamel | Subjects: Politics & Public Policy, Terrorism

If you help a friend in need, he is sure to remember you – the next time he’s in need.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Cheit’s Lament | Subjects: Gratitude, Perception | Observation

No matter what goes wrong, there is always somebody who knew it would.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Evan and Bjorn’s Law | Subjects: Gratitude, Perception | Observation

For every “10” there are ten “1s.”

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Munder’s Theorem | Subjects: Gratitude, Perception | Observation

1. Nothing is as easy as it looks.
2. Everything takes longer than you think it will.
3. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Murphy’s Corollaries | Subject: Perception | Observation

It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Adler’s Rule | Subject: Wisdom

To err is human – to blame it on someone else is even more human.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Jacob’s Law | Subjects: Gratitude, Psychology | Behavior

The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Ruby’s Principle of Close Encounters | Subject: Gratitude

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Author: Kahlil Gibran | Subjects: Psychology | Behavior, Wisdom

Don’t worry about what other people are thinking about you. They’re too busy worrying about what you are thinking about them.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Edelstein’s Advice | Subject: Psychology | Behavior

Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Jones’s Motto | Subjects: Gratitude, Perception | Observation

Don’t worry about avoiding temptation – as you grow older, it starts avoiding you.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Russell’s Rule | Subject: Gratitude

Nothing will be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: Golden Principle | Subjects: Action | Accomplishment, Success / Failure

Statistics are like expert witnesses – they will testify for either side.

Author: Murphy’s Law | Source: LaGuardia’s Law | Subject: Math & Science