There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
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Unknown
Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.
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Cornel West
Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete without the other. Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless.
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Iain Pears
Outrage is the special kind of anger you feel when you believe that people are getting things they don't deserve. Outrage of this kind is anger at injustice.
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Michael J. Sandel
(...) greed that preys on human misery (...)
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Michael J. Sandel
More Quotes By Norman Douglas
If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.
Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.
The land is encrusted with ephemeral human conceits. That is not altogether good for a youngster; it disarranges his mind and puts him out of harmony with what is permanent. Just listen a moment. Here, if you are wise, you will seek an antidote. <span...
I think modern education over-emphasizes the intellect. I suppose that comes from the scientific trend of the times. You cannot obtain a useful citizen if you only develop his intellect. We take children from their parents because these cannot give them an intellectual training. <span...
A man can believe in a considerable deal of rubbish and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
