“With the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle: any explanation is better than none. . . . The causal instinct is thus conditional upon, and excited by, the feeling of fear. The "why?" shall, if at all possible, not give the cause for its own sake so much as for a particular kind of cause -- a cause that is comforting, liberating, and relieving.” IfsGivingFirstsKindStatesFeelingsCareCausesPrinciplesDangerParticularInstinctSakePainfulExcitedExplanationComfortingLiberatingDiscomfortAbolishConditional Book:The Portable Nietzsche Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“The highest perfection of human life consists in the mind of man being detached from care, for the sake of God.” MenMindHumansCareHighestPerfectionSakeHuman LifeDetached Book:On the Truth of the Catholic Faith: pts. 1-2. Providence Source: On the Truth of the Catholic Faith: pts. 1-2. Providence
“The critics could never mortify me out of heart - because I love poetry for its own sake, - and, tho' with no stoicism and some ambition, care more for my poems than for my poetic reputation.” HeartCarePoetAmbitionCriticsSakeReputationPoeticStoicismLove Poetry Book:The Brownings' Correspondence Source: The Brownings' Correspondence
“... those, who from an immoderate and false self-love, study to keep their humanity under, always take care, for their own sakes, to represent poverty to themselves, as something ridiculous, mean, and contemptible.” MeanSelfCareHumanityPovertyStudySelf LoveSakeTake CareRidiculous Author:Mary Collyer
“Where America has got to move is not growth for the sake of growth, but it`s got to move to a society that provides a high quality of life for all of our people. In other words, if people have health care as a right, as do the people of every other major country, then there's less worry about growth. If people have educational opportunity and their kids can go to college and they have child care, then there's less worry about growth for the sake of growth.” PeopleIfsChildrenCountryCareKidsAmericaMovingOpportunityGrowthQualityWorryCollegeMajorsSakeEducationalHealth CareQuality Of LifeHigh QualityChild Care Author:Bernie Sanders