“There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the money touch, but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers.” MenSaidWarGovernmentCertainNationsPeaceLinesPowerfulLeaderGenerationsIdealsEssenceDemocratGiftedVery PowerfulAbsolutely NothingAristocracyPlutocracy Book:The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914 Source: The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914
“The attempt to be an ideal parent, that is, to behave correctly toward the child, to raise her correctly, not to give to little ortoo much, is in essence an attempt to be the ideal child--well behaved and dutiful--of one's own parents. But as a result of these efforts the needs of the child go unnoticed. I cannot listen to my child with empathy if I am inwardly preoccupied with being a good mother; I cannot be open to what she is telling me.” IfsNeedsGivingWellsChildrenLittlesMotherParentResultsEffortEmpathyIdealsEssenceRaisesMy ChildrenBehaveUnnoticedGood MotherBeing A Good Mother Author:Alice Miller
“The archetype of all humans, their ideal image, is the computer, once it has liberated itself from its creator, man. The computeris the essence of the human being. In the computer, man reaches his completion.” MenHumansHuman BeingsEvolutionComputerIdealsEssenceCreatorLiberatedCompletionArchetype Author:Friedrich Durrenmatt
“Every epoch which seeks renewal first projects its ideal into a human form. In order to comprehend its own essence tangibly, the spirit of the time chooses a human being as its prototype and raising this single individual, often one upon whom it has chanced to come, far beyond his measure, the spirit enthuses itself for its own enthusiasm.” FirstsHumansFormSpiritOrderIndividualChangeHuman BeingsHistoryProjectsIdealsEssenceEnthusiasmRenewalEpochHuman FormPrototype Author:Stefan Zweig
“The essence of Ananda is both personal and sociological. Personally for people who seek truth or identities of God, it helps to be with other people who share those ideals. Environment is stronger than willpower, and when you are with people who have high ideals, it helps you to grow in your ideals.” PeopleHelpingGrowsEnvironmentShareIdentityIdealsEssenceStrongerWillpowerSociological Author:Goswami Kriyananda
“The American founding is not just about a group of people, a group of men. It is about an ideal: Both a vision and understanding of the very essence of democracy, constitutional government, a representative republic, and the remarkably powerful concept of being endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights.” PeopleMenGovernmentCertainUnderstandingPowerfulVisionDemocracyRightsGroupsConceptsIdealsEssenceCreatorRepublicRepresentativesFoundingConstitutional GovernmentUnalienable Rights Author:Paul Kengor
“I think what's really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character.” ThinkingCharacterImaginationViewsPlayerIdealsEssence Author:Shigeru Miyamoto
“Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence.” NatureExistenceFateSummerIdealsGardenEssenceComicTragicJuneLyrical Book:Animal Faith and Spiritual Life Source: Animal Faith and Spiritual Life
“All a child's life depends on the ideal it has of its parents. Destroy that and everything goes — morals, behaviour, everything. Absolute trust in some one else is the essence of education.” ChildrenParentMoralDependsBehaviorIdealsEssenceAbsolutes Author:E. M. Forster
“The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?...We are trying to communicate a fulfilled ideal...I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things I've been through are serious...The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.” WayTryingSometimesWantedDesireRocksSeriousReflectionIdealsEssenceHarmonyFolksCommunicateSongwritingRock N RollFulfilledFolk MusicPeace And HarmonyOutdated Author:Robert Plant
“For the Spartans, it wasn’t walls or magnificent public buildings that made a city; it was their own ideals. In essence, Sparta was a city of the head and the heart. And it existed in its purest form in the disciplined march of a hoplite phalanx on their way to war!” WayHeartMadeWarFormCitiesBuildingWallIdealsEssenceMarchMagnificentSparta Author:Bettany Hughes
“The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions” ChangePartyPrinciplesTenIdealsEssenceConvictionCommandmentsNever ChangeTen Commandments Author:Valentina Tereshkova
“Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.” FormArtistPaintingIdealsEssenceVisibleRealismRepresentationTranscendentalismNegation Author:Gustave Courbet