“The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What looks like a giving hand is often a holding on for dear life. Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.” WayGivingLooksSelfHandsPracticeDoubtOur LivesSelf EsteemHumilityDutyHolyGainsDearConvictionPassingPassingsEsteemBurningVanityNo DoubtMeaninglessSelflessHolding OnDrowningSelf CenteredBoundlessExchangingDear Life Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“Is it not gain to have diminished the faith that it was the duty of the wretched and the miserable to be content with the lot in life which providence had awarded them?” AtheismDutyGainsPositive AtheismMiserableProvidenceWretched Book:Humanity's Gain from Unbelief Source: Humanity's Gain from Unbelief
“... it is the right and duty of every woman to employ the power of organization and agitation in order to gain those advantages which are given to the one sex and unjustly withheld from the other.” OrderGivenSexDutyGainsAdvantageOrganizationWomens RightsAgitation Author:Catharine Beecher
“Philanthropy is the duty of how we should behave when things go wrong for people, and how we can help to make things better for everyone - voluntarily, without being required to do it by the government, and for others, without private gain for ourselves.” PeopleShouldHelpingGovernmentDutyGainsBehavePhilanthropyWhen Things Go Wrong Author:Robert L. Payton
“We must end the iniquitous multi-taxing of the same money. It is not right to tax people's incomes, then their savings on that income, to tax the movement of assets through capital gains tax, stamp duty and tax them again through inheritance tax if they have the audacity to die.” PeopleIfsEndsDiesMovementDutyTaxesGainsIncomeSavingAssetsStampsInheritanceSavingsAudacityCapital GainsInheritance TaxCapital Gains Tax Author:Liam Fox