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Simon Soloveychik was a prominent philosopher born in 1930 and passed away in 1996. His philosophical thoughts were deeply influenced by existentialism and phenomenology, which had a profound impact on 20th-century philosophy.

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“The demeaning of dignity is almost the only reason for a fight.”

Reason Fighting Dignity Demeaning

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“Let's remember our goal. It is not to reeducate the teacher; it is not to express fair anger, it is not "to show everyone that..." No! We need that the sense of dignity remains in our son or daughter here is our goal!”

Needs Shows Remember Goal Teacher Son Daughter Fairs Dignity Remains

Book:Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?

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“Faith creates the foundation for conviction.”

Faith Foundation Conviction

Book:Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?

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“Justice of the world is in its creativity, in solving problems, in our activity and struggle. While I am alive there is the possibility to act, to strive for happiness, this is justice.”

World Problem Justice Creativity Struggle Alive Possibility Activity Strive Problem Solving I Am Alive

Book:Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?

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“A vicious teacher is just a vicious teacher, as a vicious neighbor may happen to be. But a vicious mother - means that the whole world is vicious.”

World May Mean Whole Happens Mother Teacher Neighbor Whole World Vicious Vicious Cycles

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“Integrity has a high psychological and philosophical value, for many people it is a highest value, it associate with health of soul. Dualism, contradiction, torments of hesitation - is something of illness, integrity is health, people strive for it instinctively.”

People Soul Values Integrity Highest Philosophical Strive Illness Psychological Contradiction Associates Torment Hesitation Dualism

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“Fears to look bad in front of other people, to say something wrong, to be laughed at - all those fears deprive us of half of our abilities. This is one of the main school problems. That teacher understands it, who can teach students to study without fear of the teacher, without fear of classmates, and, the most important, without fear of a subject.”

People Looks Important Problem School Ability Half Teach Study Teacher Subjects Fronts Students Laughed Classmates

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“The word "truth" applies to a man's dignity.”

Men Dignity

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“Imagine a man who doesn't believe in anything, hope for anything, doesn't love anyone. This is a description of a dead or paralyzed soul. This happens from great grief, or from an unhappy upbringing when parents make from their children's souls paralytics.”

Men Believe Children Soul Happens Hope Parent Grief Imagine Unhappy Description Upbringing Paralyzed

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“The feeling of love - is a fervent desire of goodness to a man.”

Men Life Feelings Desire Love Is Goodness Fervent

Book:Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?

Source: Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?

“A child gets sick with a chronic disease of unhappiness not from unhappy circumstances but from unhappy people around him. Unhappy people cannot raise happy children; it's impossible.”

People Children Impossible Circumstances Disease Sick Raises Unhappy Unhappiness Happy People Happy Children Unhappy People

Book:Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?

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“To see a man as beautiful – means to make him really beautiful. There is no cunning, no deceit; this happens every time, everyone knows that.”

Knows Men Mean Happens Beautiful Deceit Cunning Really Beautiful

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“A son is not a judge of his father, but the conscience of the father is in his son.”

Father Son Judging Conscience

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“A free man - is a man who is free internally. As all other people, externally he or she depends on society. Internally he or she is independent. A society can become liberated externally - from oppression, but it can become free only when the majority of people are free internally.”

People Men Depends Independent Majority Oppression Liberated Free Man

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“Happiness does not depend on the size or content of a goal, but on the strength of the desire to have it.”

Doe Desire Goal Depends Size

Book:Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?

Source: Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?

About the Author

Born: 1930
Died: 1996
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 15

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