Universal Quotes - Page 33

• This is the first nation that organized government on the basis of universal liberty with a free Church and a free State. This meant much at the time; it means much now and will continue to be the beacon of light and guidance for ourselves and of other nations. All that is good and practical and wise in the new developments can best be worked out under our form of government without destroying any of the basic principles upon which it rests.

  Oscar Straus

  Wise, Mean, Light

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• Since inequalities of privilege are greater than could possibly be defended rationally, the intelligence of privileged groups is usually applied to the task of inventing specious proofs for the theory that universal values spring from, and that general interests are served by, the special privileges which they hold.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Spring, Special, Groups

  Reinhold Niebuhr (2013). “Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics”, p.117, Westminster John Knox Press

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• Markets are interested in profits and profits only; service, quality, and general affluence are different functions altogether. The universal, democratic prosperity that Americans now look back to with such nostalgia was achieved only by a colossal reigning in of markets, by the gargantuan effort of mass, popular organizations like labor unions and of the people themselves, working through a series of democratically elected governments not daunted by the myths of the market.

  Thomas Frank

  Government, Organization, People

  "One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy". Book by Thomas Frank, 2000.

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• The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.

  P. T. Barnum

  Responsibility, Humanity, Desire

  P. T. Barnum (2015). “The Art of Money Getting, or Golden Rules for Making Money”, p.53, Booklassic

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• It is frightening how dependent on drugs we are all becoming and how easy it is for doctors to prescribe them as the universal panacea for our ills.

  Prince Charles

  Doctors, Drug, Becoming

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• Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of civilization can be measured through its music, dance, drama, architecture, visual art and literature. We must give our children knowledge and understanding of civilization's most profound works.

  Ernest L. Boyer

  Art, Children, Drama

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• The game asks that you work to improve, that you put something into it, and that you also give something back to it. The game is universal. It is a language that unites all of us.

  Jim Calhoun

  Games, Giving, Language

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• The Negro. The South. These are the details. The real story is the universal one of men who destroy the souls of other men (and in the process destroy themselves) for reasons neither really understands. It is the story of the persecuted, the defrauded, the feared, and detested. I could have been a Jew in Germany, a Mexican in a number of states, or a member of any 'inferior' group. Only the details would have differed. The story would be the same.

  John Howard Griffin

  Real, Men, Numbers

  "Black Like Me: The Definitive Griffin Estate Edition".

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• In recent years a new International System has been developing, oriented toward the establishment of norms and principles of universal jurisdiction, above national sovereignty, in the areas of what is called the New Agenda...we have to confront ..... what I dare to call the Anglo-Saxon prejudice against the establishment of supra-national organizations.

  Vicente Fox

  Years, Organization, Principles

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• The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below; and not to realise truth, beauty and good only in contemplation, but also in the actual experience of daily life; social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of the few but on the enrichment of democracy; universal brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual life.

  Bhagat Singh

  Opportunity, Political, Brotherhood

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• In order to develop love - universal love, cosmic love, whatever you would like to call it one must accept the whole situation of life as it is, both the light and the dark, the good and the bad. One must open oneself to life, communicate with it.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Life, Dark, Light

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism”, p.118, Shambhala Publications

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• Christ is risen! There is life, therefore, after death! His resurrection is the symbol and pledge of universal resurrection!

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Life, Resurrection, Christ

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• In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin. We are not speaking of a wholesome view of self-worth, which is best established by a close relationship with God. But we are speaking of pride as the universal sin, as someone has described it. . . . Essentially, pride is a "my will" rather than "thy will" approach to life. The opposite of pride is humbleness, meekness, submissiveness, or teachableness.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Life, Pride, Self Worth

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• The church of the Lord is spread over all the globe, and is thus universal; and all those are in it who have lived in the good of charity in accordance with their religion.

  Emanuel Swedenborg

  Life, Religion, Church

  Emanuel Swedenborg (1852). “Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell: From Things Heard and Seen”, p.383, Library of Alexandria

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• A half century ago Herbert Wechsler could justify the legal right of deadly force self-defense in terms of the "universal judgment that there is no social interest in preserving the lives of the aggressors at the cost of those of their victims." That is not a universal judgment today.

  Don Kates

  Life, Self, Defense

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• "You, who are on the road, must have a code that you can live by-"* You'll find universal agreement on the value of a behavior code, on the need for some sort of ethical system. Even the crooks count on "honor among thieves," and countries actually wage war according to certain rules. On the job and in the rest of our day-to-day living, we each need a "code for the road."

  Price Pritchett

  Country, Jobs, War

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• In the particular is contained the universal.

  James Joyce

  Learning, Programming, Particular

  James Joyce (2016). “Stephen Hero & A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Two Autobiographical Novels): Including Biography of the Author”, p.386, e-artnow

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• Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me; from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expung'd and raz'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.

  John Milton

  Summer, Sweet, Book

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 3, l. 37

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• Faith is our direct link to universal wisdom, reminding us that we know more than we have heard or read or studied that we have only to look, listen, and trust the love and wisdom of the Universal Spirit working through us all.

  Dan Millman

  Faith, Spiritual, Words Of Wisdom

  Dan Millman (2001). “The Laws of Spirit: Simple, Powerful Truths for Making Life Work”, p.49, H J Kramer

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• The more successful you become, the more the demands of your ego will increase. In the beginning, you simply want to succeed, but your ego will not be satisfied. When you become a little more successful your ego wants to kill your competition. And when you become even more successful, it wants to make you the universal king. There's no telling what ego wants because our desire doesn't have any limit; therefore, its demands continually increase.

  Gelek Rimpoche

  Kings, Successful, Ego

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• If this is understood then things become very clear. Misery makes you special. Happiness is a universal phenomenon, there is nothing special about it.

  Rajneesh

  Ego, Special, Misery

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• Out of Mahat comes universal egoism.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ego, Egoism

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.862, Manonmani Publishers

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• This ego - the less there is of it, the nearer I am to that which I really am: the universal body.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ego, Body

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.115, editionNEXT.com

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• Religion (is) a universal obsessional neurosis.

  Sigmund Freud

  Religion, Neurosis, Psychiatry

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• The law of gratitude is universal. It is a natural function of the soul. All things upon this earth or in the universe operate and respond to love and praise.

  Robert Scheid

  Love, Gratitude, Law

  Robert Scheid (1980). “Beyond the Love Game”

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