Great Throughts Treasury

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Ernest Shurtleff Holmes

To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness.

Man | Time | World |

Erwin Schrödinger, fully Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger

We are, I believe, at the moment in grave danger of missing the 'path to perfection'.

Ability | Consciousness | Ego | Knowledge | Man | Nothing |

Che Guevara, fully Ernesto “Che” Guevara

The natural advantages of the cultivation of sugar in Cuba are obvious, but the predominant fact is that Cuba was developed as a sugar factory of the United States.

Life | Life | Man | Property | Worth |

Ernst Haeckel, full name Ernst Heinrich Phillip August Haeckel

The gulf between this thoughtful mind of civilized man and the thoughtless animal soul of the savage is enormous -- greater than the gulf that separates the latter from the soul of the dog.

Action | Choice | Doctrine | Inheritance | Man | Organic | Survival | Will |

Che Guevara, fully Ernesto “Che” Guevara

Those who kill their own children and discriminate daily against them because of the color of their skin; those who let the murderers of blacks remain free, protecting them, and furthermore punishing the black population because they demand their legitimate rights as free men — how can those who do this consider themselves guardians of freedom?

Man | Need | Order | Society | Society | Approval |

Ernst Haeckel, full name Ernst Heinrich Phillip August Haeckel

Yet it is an astonishing fact that the science of the evolution of man does not even yet form part of the scheme of general education. In fact, educated people even in our day are for the most part quite ignorant of the important truths and remarkable phenomena which anthropogeny teaches us.

Light | Man | Understand |

Ernst Toller

And suddenly, like light in darkness, the real truth broke in upon me; the simple fact of Man, which I had forgotten, which had lain deep buried and out of sight; the idea of community, of unity.

Death | Man | Mourning |

E. F. Schumacher, fully Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher

It is only when we can see the world as a ladder, and when we can see man's position on the ladder, that we can recognize a meaningful task for man's life on earth.

Little | Man | Rest | Terrorism |

E. F. Schumacher, fully Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher

Socialists should insist on using the nationalized industries not simply to out-capitalize the capitalists—an attempt in which they may or may not succeed—but to evolve a more democratic and dignified system of industrial administration, a more humane employment of machinery, and a more intelligent utilization of the fruits of human ingenuity and effort.

Ability | Courage | Growth | Man |

E. F. Schumacher, fully Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher

The task, then, is to bring into existence millions of new workplaces in the rural areas and small towns. That modern industry, as it has arisen in the developed countries, cannot possibly fulfill this task should be perfectly obvious. It has arisen in societies which are rich in capital and short of labor and therefore cannot possibly be appropriate for societies short of capital and rich in labor.

Man |

Estonian Proverbs

Who is a piece of stick in youth will be a block of wood in old age.

Man | Will |

Estonian Proverbs

A man who has learned much is rich.

Man | Woman |

Etty Hillesum, formally Ester "Etty" Hillesum

One must also accept that one has 'uncreative' moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass.

Fear | People | Think |

Estonian Proverbs

When God gives a child, he also gives the clothing.

Death | Man | Money |

Estonian Proverbs

Who is careless will be unhappy.

Man |

Estonian Proverbs

Who handles water is bound to get wet.

Fear | Will |

Estonian Proverbs

A poor beggar is the one who begs without a bag.

Harm | Man |

Ethiopian Proverbs

The little stars will always shine while the great sun is often eclipsed.

Heart | Man | Wise |

Ethiopian Proverbs

Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it.

Man |

Ethiopian Proverbs

The cattle is as good as the pasture in which it grazes.

Fear |