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“We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so much a credit as an absolute prerequisite to efficient service to the public. Unless a man is honest, we have no right to keep him in public life; it matters not how brilliant his capacity.”

Ifs Men Matter Government Truth Honest Honesty Capacity Absolutes Endure Credit Brilliant Voting Republic Efficient Public Life Prerequisites

Book:The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

“Nothing comes at all -- never anything. And I cannot accustom myself to that. It is this monotony, this absolute fixity in life, that is the hardest thing for me to endure. I should like to go away from here. Go away? But where and how? I do not know, and I stay.”

Knows Life Should Absolutes Endure Hardest Going Away Hardest Thing Monotony

Book:The Experiences of a Ladies' Maid

Source: The Experiences of a Ladies' Maid

“No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.”

Long Wisdom Politics Economy Absolutes Endure Liberalism Controlled Absolute Power

Author:Seneca the Younger

“Of all the ills that circumstance forces upon man, separation from a beloved object is, perhaps, the most salutary. Separation is the crucible wherein love undergoes the test absolute; in the fire of loss, grief softens to indifference or hardens to enduring need.”

Men Needs Force Loss Grief Fire Objects Circumstances Tests Absolutes Endure Absence Separation Beloved Indifference Crucible Grief Loss

Book:Max

Source: Max

“Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its rhizome. Its true life is invisible, hidden in the rhizome. The part that appears above ground lasts only a single summer. Then it withers away—an ephemeral apparition. When we think of the unending growth and decay of life and civilizations, we cannot escape the impression of absolute nullity. Yet I have never lost a sense of something that lives and endures underneath the eternal flux. What we see is the blossom, which passes. The rhizome remains.”

Source: The Earth Has a Soul: The Nature Writings of C.G. Jung

“There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration.”

Inspirational Humans Stars Absolutes Dancing Dance Endure Length Pauses Pausing Human Strength Prostration

Author:Lewis Carroll

“The absolute heart of loyalty is to value those people who tell you the truth, not just those people who tell you what you want to hear. In fact, you should value them most. Because they have paid you the compliment of leveling with you and assuming you can handle it.”

Source: Reach for the Summit