“Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is.” MenReligion Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“Through certain humors or passions, and from temper merely, a man may be completely miserable, let his outward circumstances be ever so fortunate.” MenMayCertainPassionCircumstancesMiserableFortunateTemper Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“It is not wit merely, but temper, which must form the well-bred man. In the same manner it is not a head merely, but a heart and resolution, which must complete the real philosopher.” MenWellsHeartRealFormPhilosopherWitResolutionTemper Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“If we are told a man is religious we still ask what are his morals? But if we hear at first that he has honest morals, and is a man of natural justice and good temper, we seldom think of the other question, whether he be religious and devout.” IfsThinkingMenFirstsStillsAsksNaturalReligiousJusticeMoralHonestMoralityTemperNatural Justice Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.” IfsMenWholeTemper Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“When men are easy in themselves, they let others remain so.” MenHappinessEasy Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.” MenKidsTimeFoundDangerStudentsCalmBullyingBrutalSereneInsolenceAnti BullyingTrue CourageBullying InspirationalInspirational Bullying Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“The one and only formative power given to man Is thought. By his thinking he not only makes character, but body and affairs, for as he thinketh within himself, so is he. Prejudice is a mist, which in our journey through the world often dims the brightest and obscures the best of all the good and glorious objects that meet us on our way.” ThinkingMenWorldWayCharacterBodyGivenJourneyObjectsPrejudiceAffairGloriousMist Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
