Ludwig von Mises ( 10 of 64 )
Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and read more
Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and acting are not contrary to nature; they are, rather, the foremost features of man's nature. The most appropriate description of man as differentiated from nonhuman beings is: a being purposively struggling against the forces adverse to his life.
Value is not intrinsic; it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man read more
Value is not intrinsic; it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man reacts to the conditions of his environment.
It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs read more
It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs to fight it. But it is a proof of the fact that those taking recourse to violent oppression are in their subconsciousness convinced of the untenability of their own doctrines.
Each epoch has found in the Gospels what it sought to find there, and has overlooked what it wished to read more
Each epoch has found in the Gospels what it sought to find there, and has overlooked what it wished to overlook.
Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival.
Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival.
Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are read more
Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A genius is precisely a man who defies all schools and rules, who deviates from the traditional roads of routine and opens up new paths through land inaccessible before. A genius is always a teacher, never a pupil; he is always self-made.
To complain of lack of leadership is, in the field of political affairs, the characteristic attitude of all harbingers of read more
To complain of lack of leadership is, in the field of political affairs, the characteristic attitude of all harbingers of dictatorship.
The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which read more
The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants to integrate himself into the totality of society.
One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.
One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.
What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.
What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.
