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W. E. H. Lecky, fully William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Take away the moral argument: persuade men that when ascribing to the Deity justice and mercy they are speaking of qualities generically distinct from those which exist among mankind -- qualities which we are altogether unable to conceive, and which may be compatible with acts that men would term grossly unjust and unmerciful: tell them that guilt may be entirely unconnected with a personal act, that millions of infants may be called into existence for a moment to be precipitated into a place of torment, that vast nations may live and die, and then be raised again to endure a never-ending punishment, because they did not believe in a religion of which they had never heard, or because a crime was committed thousands of years before they were in existence: convince them that all this is part of a transcendentally perfect and righteous moral scheme, and there is no imaginable abyss to which such a doctrine will not lead. You will have blotted out those fundamental notions of right and wrong which the Creator has engraven upon every heart; you will have extinguished the lamp of conscience; you will have taught men to stifle the inner voice as a lying witness, and to esteem it virtuous to disobey it. But even this does not represent the full extent of the evil.
Character | Experience | Important | Success | Intellect |
W. W. Sawyer, fully Walter Warwick Sawyer
Education consists in co-operating with what is already inside a child's mind. A good teacher will nearly always be able to make his points simply by asking a class questions, by making the class realize clearly what they already know "at the back of their minds.
Individual | Mathematics | Need | Success | Time | Afraid | Learn |
W. W. Sawyer, fully Walter Warwick Sawyer
Energy then is morally neutral, it is good or bad depending on the direction it takes. Our task is to provide legitimate outlets for it. The provision of such outlets is important in three ways - for society, for the individual and for the learning of subjects. For any society that wishes to remain civilized this is the highest priority; only by providing satisfactory activities for all citizens can delinquency, vandalism, crime and violence become exceptional rather than normal. This is a priority of which our dominant institutions seem totally unaware. For the individual, finding a satisfactory outlet for energy means a sense of fulfillment and escape from frustration. For the learning of subjects it is the driving force without which little will be learned.
Children | Duty | Energy | Enthusiasm | Life | Life | Society | Society | Child |
W. Winwood Reade, fully William Winwood Reade
All doctrines relating to the creation of the world, the government of man by superior beings, and his destiny after death, are conjectures which have been given out as facts, handed down with many adornments by tradition, and accepted by posterity as revealed religion. They are theories more or less rational which uncivilized men have devised in order to explain the facts of life, and which civilized men believe that they believe.
Mankind | Philosophy | Religion | Spirit | Success | System |
Vladimir Lenin, fully Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
The reflection of nature in man’s thought must be understood not lifelessly but in the eternal process of movement, the arising of contradictions and their solution.
Enthusiasm | People | Slavery |
Vince Lombardi, fully Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi
Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.
Vince Lombardi, fully Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi
Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second. -Vince Lombardi.
Voltaire, pen name of François-Marie Arouet NULL
What is called happiness is an abstract idea, composed of various ideas of pleasure; for he who has but a moment of pleasure is not a happy man, in like manner that a moment of grief constitutes not a miserable one.
Enthusiasm | God | Heaven | Law | Man | Reading | Spirit | God |
Vince Lombardi, fully Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi
Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.
Vince Lombardi, fully Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi
The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.
Success |
Vincent van Gogh, fully Vincent Willem van Gogh
What has changed is that my life then was less difficult and my future seemingly less gloomy, but as far as my inner self, my way of looking at things and of thinking is concerned, that has not changed. But if there has indeed been a change, then it is that I think, believe and love more seriously now what I thought, believed and loved even then.
Virginia Woolf, nee Stephen, fully Adeline Virginia Woolf
The eyes of others our prisons, their thoughts our cages.
Experience | Failure | Life | Life | Success | Woman | Failure |
In short, between men and women you want.Equality. Equality! You can't mean it. Man and woman are two different creatures. I said equality. I didn't say identity.
Viktor Frankl, fully Viktor Emil Frankl
Dostoevski said once, “There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.” These words frequently came to my mind after I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp who’s suffering and death, bore witness to the fact the last inner freedom can’t be lost. It can be said that they were worthy of their sufferings; the way they bore their suffering was a genuine inner achievement. It is this spiritual freedom — which cannot be taken away — that makes life meaningful and purposeful.
Cause | Dedication | Success | Surrender | Happiness |
By getting up early in the morning one also gets more time at his disposal for work as compared to late-risers. Scholar and thinkers get up early in the morning and contemplate.
Harmony prevails if people of similar nature meet.
Deeds | Enthusiasm | Mind | Deeds |
One should refrain from bad actions and engage in good deeds.
Success |