“Society takes upon itself the right to inflict appalling punishment on the individual, but it also has the supreme vice of shallowness, and fails to realize what it has done. When the man's punishment is over, it leaves him to himself; that is to say, it abandons him at the very moment when its highest duty towards him begins.” MenDoneMomentsIndividualRealizingFailingDutyHighestVicesSupremePunishmentAbandonOver ItShallowness Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,
“If the youth is content to abandon his previous associates and to throw in his lot whole-heartedly with the rulers, he may, after suitable tests, be promoted, but if he shows any regrettable solidarity with his previous associates, the rulers will reluctantly conclude that there is nothing to be done with him except to send him to the lethal chamber before his ill-disciplined intelligence has had time to spread revolt. This will be a painful duty to the rulers, but I think they will not shrink from performing it.” IfsThinkingMayDoneWholeShowsYouthDutyTestsIllPainfulSpreadPerformingAbandonRulersSolidarityAssociatesShrinksChamberRevoltSuitable Author:Bertrand Russell
“I didn't abandon my studies. Because I was, through no - clarify this. Through no particular genius of my own, I was the first person from Libertyville Public High School to attend Harvard, not because I was smarter than anyone or better than anyone, but no one had ever applied before. It was like University of Illinois, a fine institution, was the sort of the upper echelon of places where kids went from that school. And so I felt sort of a duty to myself and my peers to continue with those studies, and to continue to, intellectually arm myself for my coming struggles.” KidsSchoolStruggleStudyDutyGeniusHigh SchoolAbandon Author:Tom Morello
“Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good.” SelfLawCertainSocialDemocracyDutyTypeConflictBehaviorAbandonContractsDemocracies HaveSocial Contract Author:Simon Mainwaring
“It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.” SoulDesirePassionDestinyMastersDutyYour SoulAbandonLoyalMy PassionGreat PassionLove PassionLove And PassionSpirit And SoulSpiritual SoulPassion And DesireLiving Your PassionPurpose And Passion Book:The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17 Source: The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17