“A person who wills to have a good will, already has a good will--in its rudiments. There is solid satisfaction in knowing that the mere desire to get out of an old habit is a material advance upon the condition of submergence in that habit. The longest step toward cleanliness is made when one gains--nothing but dissatisfaction with dirt.” PersonsMadeDesireStepsKnowingConditionsMaterialsHabitGainsMereSatisfactionDirtGood WillDissatisfactionCleanlinessOld Habits Book:The Meaning of God in Human Experience Source: The Meaning of God in Human Experience
“Principle II: The presumptions of the law are creative presumptions:;: they are aimed at conditions to be brought about, and only for that reason ignore conditions which exist.” ReasonLawPrinciplesCreativeConditionsPresumption Author:William Ernest Hocking
“Principle III: Presumptive rights are the conditions under which individual powers normally develop.” IndividualPrinciplesRightsConditionsIndividual Power Author:William Ernest Hocking
“Pure community is a matter of no interest to any will; but a community which pursues a common good is of supreme interest to all wills; and what we have here said is that whatever the nature of that common good ... it must contain the development of individual powers, as a prior condition for all other goods.” SaidMatterIndividualInterestCommunityCommonConditionsDevelopmentPureSupremePursueGoodsCommon GoodIndividual Power Author:William Ernest Hocking
