“When caring for your neighbor becomes a compulsory obligation imposed by government instead of voluntary, charity turns to confiscation and freedom to achieve to involuntary servitude. To liberals, compassion seems to be defined by how many people are dependent on the government; to conservatives, it's defined by how many people no longer need help. One promotes dependence, the other freedom, responsibility and achievement.” PeopleNeedsHelpingSeemsGovernmentPoliticalTurnsBlackFreedomResponsibilityCompassionAchieveAchievementCharityConservativeCaringNeighborHelping OthersObligationDefinedAfrican AmericanLiberalismDependentDependenceConservatismImposingServitudeNeed HelpCompulsoryInvoluntaryColumnistsRepublicanismAnti Liberal Author:Star Parker
“Let your desire for truth transcend all minor considerations. Ignorance is invariably confident. The man of knowledge learns to realize his own needs. Be honest and severe in your self-appraisal. Learn the art of learning, and you are well on the way to achievement. True greatness is reflective, not assertive.” MenWayNeedsWellsArtSelfTruthDesireRealizingHonestGreatnessIgnoranceHe ManAchievementBeing HonestConsiderationMinorsSevereAssertiveTrue GreatnessAppraisal Book:Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day Source: Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day
“If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking and feeling. Even the idea of being man or woman, or even human should be discarded. The ocean of life contains all, not only humans. So, first of all abandon all self-identification, stop thinking of yourself as such-and-such or so-and-so, this or that. Abandon all self-concern, worry not about your welfare, material or spiritual, abandon every desire, gross or subtle, stop thinking of achievement of any kind. You are complete here and now, you need absolutely nothing.” IfsThinkingMenNeedsShouldFirstsHumansKindIdeasSelfFeelingsRealitySpiritualDesireCultureWorryMaterialsAchievementOceanConcernPatternsBackgroundsWelfareSubtleAbandonGrossHere And NowAbsolutely NothingIdentificationDiscardedThinking Of YouThinking Of Yourself Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“The advertising industry is one of our most basic forms of communication and, allegedly, of information. Yet, obviously, much of this ostensible information is not purveyed to inform but to manipulate and to achieve a result - to make somebody think he needs something that very possibly he doesn't need, or to make him think one version of something is better than another version when the ground for such a belief really doesn't exist.” ThinkingNeedsFormBeliefResultsAchieveInformationCommunicationIndustryAchievementVersionsAdvertisingManipulateAdvertising Industry Author:Marvin E. Frankel
“I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.” ThinkingNeedsRocksAchievementHighestStableModesty Author:Alexander Alekhine