“A creature that cannot grasp the mutual exclusiveness of A and not A has no difficulty in lying; more than that, such a creature has not even any consciousness of lying, being without a standard of truth.” LyingConsciousnessCreaturesStandardsDifficultyMutual Book:Sex & Character Source: Sex & Character
“If young gentlemen get from their years in college only manliness, esprit de corps, a release of their social gifts, a training ingive and take, a catholic taste in men and the standards of true sportsmen, they have gained much but they have not gained what a college should give them. It should give them insight into the things of the mind and the spiritthe consciousness of having taken on them the vows of true enlightenment and of having undergone the discipline, never to be shaken off, of those who seek wisdom in candor, with faithful labor and travail of spirit.” IfsMenGivingShouldYearsMindYoungSpiritSocialConsciousnessTakenCollegeDisciplineTasteTrainingStandardsEnlightenmentLaborCatholicInsightReleaseFaithfulGentlemanVowCandorGive And TakeManlinessSportsmanEsprit De CorpsYoung Gentlemen Author:Woodrow Wilson
“With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books.” KnowsWorldBookSelfDreamDesireTermBornConsciousnessStandardsNew WorldSelf ConsciousSelf ConsciousnessStandards Set Author:Peter Abrahams
“I don't record for my own glory.I mean, of course part of it is for career advancement, but more importantly, I want some of that repertoire - as much of it as possible - to remain and enter pianists' consciousness and, hopefully, into the standard repertoire.” WantMeanCoursesMy OwnConsciousnessCareersRecordsGloryStandardsHopefullyAdvancementPianist Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin
“I'm not sure [Donald] Trump has had that distinction between private and public life in his head. And so, I think there's likely to be an erosion of just that standard, that different standard, consciousness, and I think it's likely we'll see what we haven't seen in the last eight years and even the last 12 or 16 of private enrichment in office and scandals where people have to resign and things like that, because just once the standards go, behavior tends to go.” PeopleThinkingYearsDifferentLastsConsciousnessHavensTrumpOfficeBehaviorStandardsEightNot SureDistinctionScandalPublic LifeErosionEnrichment Author:David Brooks