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Filial Piety is the principle of Heaven, The righteousness of Earth, And the (proper) conduct of the people.
A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
Look at the blogosphere - the biggest lavatory wall in the universe, a palimpsest of graffiti and execration.
The tolls for the maintenance of a high road, cannot with any safety be made the property of private persons.
The world holds two classes of men; intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.
What you are basically, deep, deep down, far, far in, is simply the fabric and structure of existence itself.
Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them.
When quarrels and complaints arise, it is when people who are equal have not got equal shares, or vice-versa.
Shipping magnate of the 20th century If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.
The line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive.
Indeed, we may go further and assert that anyone who does not delight in fine actions is not even a good man.
Man is the metre of all things, the hand is the instrument of instruments, and the mind is the form of forms.
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
There is one respect in which beasts show real wisdom... their quiet, placid enjoyment of the present moment.
The word right should be excluded from political language, as the word cause from the language of philosophy.
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
The man who only loves beautiful things is dreaming, whereas the man who knows absolute beauty is wide awake.
Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children.
For a good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which at times make it seem almost like a live teacher.
The secret of successful journalism is to make your readers so angry they will write half your paper for you.
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.
The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."
When you are fundamentally committed to something that is right, you just decide to go down fighting. Period.
Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence.
The farthest place on earth is the hour that is just over. Make the best use of the hour that has just begun!
The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace... The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.
Other kingdoms are still present on earth along with the kingdom of the heavens. That is the human condition.
If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.
Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
Sensory perception is the silken web that binds our separate nervous systems into the encompassing ecosystem.
My interests started about in science and in mathematics, I always thought I was going to be a mathematician.
My interests started about in science and in mathematics; I always thought I was going to be a mathematician.
The best companies are able to realize earnings in cash, not through calculations that belong in fantasyland.
The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.
First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.
Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise.
Men of thought seldom work well together, whereas between men of action there is usually an easy camaraderie.
The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
A person's creative ability decreases in direct proportion to the degree to which he takes himself seriously.
Epistemic competence might be posterior to knowledge conceptually, however, while still prior metaphysically.
Religion is rather the attempt to express the complete reality of goodness through every aspect of our being.
The State becomes society or humanity on the ethical side, a production and trade system on the economic side
Liberalism is a most important by-product of Rationalism, and its origins and ideology must be clearly shown.
Religion is the natural reaction of the imagination when confronted by the difficulties in a truculent world.
In each person I catch the fleeting suggestion of something beautiful and swear eternal friendship with that.