“Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential.” HumansEmotionQualityDevelopmentEssentialsShameGuiltNobleCivilizedMelancholyElegantRefinedMaintenanceHuman PotentialCivilized SocietyShame And Guilt Author:Willard Gaylin
“Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die. But, once realise what the true object is in life that it is not pleasure, not knowledge, not even fame itself, 'that last infirmity of noble minds' but that it is the development of character, the rising to a higher, nobler, purer standard, the building-up of the perfect Man and then, so long as we feel that this is going on, and will (we trust) go on for evermore, death has for us no terror; it is not a shadow, but a light; not an end, but a beginning!” MenFeelsShouldMindLongEndsCharacterLightLastsDeathDiesPerfectPleasureObjectsBuildingGoes OnDevelopmentHigherSceneFameStandardsShadowTerrorDareNobleRisingRealisingInfirmityBuilding UpPerfect ManEvermore Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)
“I believe that there is no test of greatness in periods, nations or men more sure than the development, among them or in them, of a noble grotesque, and no test of comparative smallness or limitation, of one kind or another, more sure than the absence of grotesque invention, or incapability of understanding it.” MenBelieveKindI BelieveNationsUnderstandingGreatnessDevelopmentPeriodsTestsNobleAbsenceInventionLimitationGrotesqueSmallnessIncapability Book:The Stones of Venice -: The Fall Source: The Stones of Venice -: The Fall
“Nothing is more stimulating and more salutary to (or for) the inner (or inward) development than the exemple of men devoted to the good. It is in the company of men pursuing a same ideal that the still weavering (or unsteady) soul can set oneself ("se fixer", Fr) and stick to (or attach to) everything that is noble and generous.” MenStillsSoulCompanyDevelopmentIdealsSticksOneselfNobleGenerousDevotedInwardFixers Author:African Spir
“Every temptation that is resisted, every evil thought that is curbed, every desire that is subdued, every bitter word that is withheld, every noble aspiration that is encouraged, every sublime thought that is cultivated, adds to the development of will-force, good character, and attainment of eternal bliss and immortality.” CharacterDesireEvilForceDevelopmentEternalAddNobleBitterTemptationImmortalityBlissAspirationSublimeAttainmentGood CharacterEvil ThoughtsBitter Words Author:Sivananda
“Despite recent sad developments, cricket will survive and remain our most noble game and I shall always remain proud of the part I played in its history and development.” GamesDevelopmentProudNobleDespiteCricket Author:Donald Bradman
“Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education...is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character.” CharacterDevelopmentNobleApplicationGodlikeTrue Education Author:David O. McKay
“Change, development and progress, according to the Islamic viewpoint, refer to the return to the genuine Islam enunciated and practised by the Holy Prophet (may God bless and give him Peace!) and his noble Companions and their Followers (blessing and peace be upon them all!) and the faith and practice of genuine Muslims after them; and they also refer to the self and mean its return to its original nature and religion (Islam).” GivingMayMeanSelfPracticeProgressDevelopmentReturnHolyBlessingOriginalsIslamNobleGenuineProphetIslamicCompanionBlessFollowersViewpointsGod BlessHoly Prophet Author:Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas