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Children are the keys of paradise.
Children are the keys of paradise.
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. -Eric Hoffer.
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. -Eric Hoffer.
It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the read more
It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.
There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and read more
There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power- God, history, fate, nation or humanity.
To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.
To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
It seems that when we are oppressed by the knowledge of our worthlessness we do not see ourselves as lower read more
It seems that when we are oppressed by the knowledge of our worthlessness we do not see ourselves as lower than some and higher than others, but as lower than the lowest of mankind. We hate then the whole world, and we would pour our wrath upon the whole of creation.
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As read more
It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As a matter of fact, a dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight read more
We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and beget action; they kill and revive, corrupt and cure. The "men-of-words"- priests, prophets, intellectuals- have played a more decisive role in history than military leaders, statesmen, and businessmen.
