“While others are engaged in inferior and menial tasks in which they encounter many difficulties, how can I sit here at peace and do nothing? I must and shall benefit them, but without ever succumbing to the poison of self-importance.” SelfBenefitsTasksImportanceDifficultyBuddhistEngagedPoisonEncountersInferiorsSelf-importanceSuccumbing Author:Shantideva
“Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is...opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything in our character worthy of imitation.” IfsMayCharacterDoorsExampleBenefitsHighestImportanceWorthyOpeningInstructionImitationCourtesyEnabling Author:Michel de Montaigne
“The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, is the most vital movement of modern times. In its relation to the well-being of the men and women of this and ensuing generations, it exceeds in importance the proper solution of various economic problems which are constant themes of legislative discussion and enactment.” MenWorldHumansWellsProblemRaceGenerationsEconomicModernMovementHe ManDevelopmentBenefitsSolutionsMen And WomenUltimateImportanceRelationConstantInternationalVariousDoctrineWell BeingDiscussionHuman RaceThemeExceedStandpointModern TimesEconomic ProblemsArbitration Author:William Howard Taft
“One aspect of play is the importance of laughter, which has physiological and psychological benefits. Did you know that there are thousands of laughter clubs around the world? People get together and laugh for no reason at all!” PeopleKnowsWorldReasonPlayTogetherLaughingBenefitsLaughterAspectImportanceClubsPsychologicalAround The WorldNo ReasonGet TogetherDid You KnowPhysiological Author:Daniel H. Pink
“The caretaker needs to be taken care of, in wages and benefits. Not enough emphasis is put on the importance of these caretakers.” NeedsEnoughCareTakenBenefitsImportanceWagesEmphasisCaretakers Author:Chad Urmston
“I can assure you that there is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. You learn that which is of inestimable importance that there are a great many people in the world who are just as clever as you are. You learn to put your trust, by and by, in an economy and frugality of the exercise of your powers, both moral and intellectual; and you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.” PeopleIfsWorldI CanPurposeFoundMoralEconomyExerciseBenefitsIntellectualWeightImportanceCleverPracticalsGreat MenTenacityClevernessFrugality Book:Collected essays Source: Collected essays
“She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes. It was an union that must have been to the advantage of both: by her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened, his manners improved; and from his judgement, information, and knowledge of the world, she must have received benefit of greater importance.” MenWorldMindHas BeensMightWishUnderstandingGreaterTalentInformationBenefitsAdvantageImportanceUnionsSuitsMannersEaseJudgementTemperDispositionMight Have BeenDarcyKnowledge Of The World Book:Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1 Source: Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1
“I mean by intellectual integrity the habit of deciding vexed questions in accordance with the evidence, or of leaving them undecided where the evidence is inconclusive. This virtue, though it is underestimated by almost all adherents of any system of dogma, is to my mind of the very greatest social importance and far more likely to benefit the world than Christianity or any other system of organized beliefs.” WorldMindMeanReligionBeliefSocialChristianityVirtueHabitIntegrityBenefitsIntellectualEvidenceImportanceLeavingOrganizedDogmaUnderestimatedUndecided Book:The basic writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959 Source: The basic writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959