“It would be foolish to despise tradition. But with our growing self-consciousness and increasing intelligence we must begin to control tradition and assume a critical attitude toward it, if human relations are ever to change for the better.” IfsHumansSelfWould BeConsciousnessAttitudeGrowingTraditionRelationAssumingCriticalFoolishDespiseHuman RelationsSelf ConsciousnessChange For The Better Book:Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb Source: Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb
“The academic mind, as we know, is sometimes capable of assuming an aggressive attitude. The official mind, on the contrary, is and has to be, expert in the art of self-defence.” KnowsMindArtSelfSometimesAttitudeCapableAssumingContraryExpertsOfficialsAggressiveAcademicDefenceSelf Defence Author:Ronald Fisher
“The reason for such an “unreasonable” attitude with me is that I am not at all sure what will happen to me after death. I have good reasons to assume that things are not finished with death. Life seems to be an interlude in a long story.” LongReasonStoriesSeemsHappensAttitudeAssumingFinishedAfter DeathUnreasonableLife DeathLong Story Author:Carl Jung
“We assume that we've come so far as compassionate citizens of the world if we do choose to read the news, yet the attitude towards life can be one where we put blinders on and forget that there are civil wars going on. It's easy to forget that there are so many people starving to death every single day.” PeopleIfsWorldWarEasyForgetAttitudeCitizensNewsAssumingCivil WarCompassionateStarvingBlindersAttitude Towards Life Author:Anne Hathaway
“Where God and man are in relationship, this must be the ideal. God must be the communicator, and man must be in the listening, obeying attitude. If men and women are not willing to assume this listening attitude, there will be no meeting with God in living, personal experience.” IfsMenAttitudeWillingListeningMen And WomenIdealsAssumingMeetingsPersonal ExperiencesObeyingCommunicators Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“I literally make music for my wife and my friends. I don't feel beholden to my fans. I don't even really know who they are. But, I know that this whole thing started with me making stuff that I got off on, and I've gotta believe that that's how it's going to end, too. That's the only way it can go. There are a lot of artists who have gotten pretty caught up in that. That's why I like the defeatist attitude. Just assume that no one is going to like it and that no one cares, and you'll end up making something that you really like.” KnowsWayFeelsBelieveEndsWholeCareArtistStuffAttitudeWifeFansMy FriendsAssumingCaughtMy WifeCaught UpNo One Cares Author:Ben Lee
“I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. And that's not because I agree with any of them or fudge on my positions, but people feel I listen to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. I assume the best of people. And that, I think, is an attitude that is maybe rare in politics.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsAttitudeDoubtPositionBenefitsRelationAgreeAssumingConservativeColleaguesBenefit Of The DoubtFudge Author:Barack Obama
“If one assumes a humble attitude, one's own good qualities will increase. Whereas if one is proud, one will become jealous of others, one will look down on others, and due to that there will be unhappiness in society.” IfsLooksAttitudeQualityProudIncreaseAssumingHumbleDuesUnhappinessJealousGood Quality Author:Dalai Lama
“The Purusha should assume at all times the attitude of a giver of sanction while rejecting the lower movements and accepting only truth-movements.” ShouldAttitudeAcceptingMovementAssumingAll TimeGiverSanctionsRejecting Author:Sri Aurobindo
“I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.” PeopleThinkingEnoughFunnyPayAttentionAttitudeStupidAssumingPositive AttitudeNaiveKeep A Positive Attitude Author:Amy Adams
“That's another thing that's depressing: certain attitudes in Congress. They assume that you're dumb; they can take advantage of you being dumb. I find that offensive. It insults our intelligence. They're playing us for dumb and they're being dumb in doing it. But I believe that's gonna change. I think those people, the McConnells, are not helping us at all. They're taking us backward in time.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHelpingI BelieveAttitudeAssumingDumbInsultDepressingOffensive Author:Robert Redford
“The racist rhetoric that extends all the way to the top of the AfD shows that one must assume that an attitude is prevalent - not just in the grassroots, but also among party leadership - that is not consistent with the basic values reflected in our constitution.” ValuesPartyAttitudeConstitutionAssumingConsistentRacistRhetoric Author:Martin Schulz