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“This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer.”

Ifs Health Duty Oneself Observing

Book:1914-1923. Tr. by Martin Greenberg, with the co-operation of Hannah Arendt

Source: 1914-1923. Tr. by Martin Greenberg, with the co-operation of Hannah Arendt

“The Fascist accepts life and loves it, knowing nothing of and despising suicide; he rather conceives of life as duty and struggle and conquest, life which should be high and full, lived for oneself, but not above all for others those who are at hand and those who are far distant, contemporaries, and those who will come after.”

Should Hands Accepting Struggle Knowing Duty And Love Suicide Oneself Conquest Life And Love Fascists Knowing Nothing

Author:Benito Mussolini

“The creation of freedom for oneself and a sacred "No" even to duty -- for that, my brothers, the lion is needed.”

Creation Brother Duty Needed Sacred Oneself My Brother Lions

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.”

Life Home Moral Duty Depends Concern Oneself Neglect Phases Discharge Moral Duty Phases Of Life

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)

“Our German language has a word which in a magnificent way denotes conduct based on this spirit: doing one's duty [Pflichterfüllung]-which means serving the community instead of contenting oneself. We have a word for the basic disposition which underlies conduct of this kind in contrast to egoism and selfishness-idealism. By 'idealism' we mean only the ability of the individual to sacrifice himself for the whole, for his fellow men.”

“The best penance is to have patience with the sorrows God permits. A very good penance is to dedicate oneself to fulfill the duties of everyday with exactitude and to study and work with all our strength.”

Study Duty Sorrow Everyday Very Good Oneself Permit Having Patience Penance Exactitude Study And Work

Author:Peter Damian

“Notice that tearing oneself out of the insensible state is the opposite of remaining in it; the man who is beneficent from duty nevertheless acts with feelings, if not with empirical inclinations.”

Ifs Men States Feelings He Man Duty Opposites Oneself Nevertheless Inclination Insensible

Author:Allen W. Wood

“A sense of being part of the great all-inclusive life prompts us to reflect on our own place and on how we ought to live. Guarding others' lives, the ecology and the earth is the same as protecting one's own life. By like token, wounding them is the same thing as wounding oneself. Consequently, it is the duty of each of us to participate as members of the life community in the evolution of the universe. We can do this by guarding earth's ecological system.”

Earth Universe Can Do Community Duty Ought Evolution Members Oneself Ecology Ecological Prompts Tokens Guarding

Author:Daisaku Ikeda