“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
“The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in his greatest concern thinks certainly he knows that which he has least studied, and of which he is most profoundly ignorant.” ThinkingKnowsFoolConcernIgnorant 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