“In ten phrases, the ten commandments express the essential of life. And these three words--liberty, equality, and fraternity--do just as much. Millions of people have died for those ideals.” PeopleThreeLibertyMillionsTenEssentialsIdealsDiedPhrasesCommandmentsTen CommandmentsFraternityThree Words Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“Perhaps our national ambition to standardize ourselves has behind it the notion that democracy means standardization. But standardization is the surest way to destroy the initiative, to denumb the creative impulse above all else essential to the vitality and growth of democratic ideals.” WayMeanGrowthBehindsCreativeDemocracyEssentialsAmbitionIdealsDemocraticNotionImpulseInitiativeVitalityStandardizationDemocratic Ideals Author:Ida Tarbell
“Truth is that concordance of an abstract statement with the ideal limit towards which endless investigation would tend to bring scientific belief, which concordance the abstract statement may possess by virtue of the confession of its inaccuracy and one-sidedness, and this confession is an essential ingredient of truth.” MayTruthBeliefVirtueTruth IsLimitsEssentialsIdealsEndlessStatementsAbstractIngredientsConfessionInvestigation Author:Charles Sanders Peirce
“I conceive the essential task of religion to be "to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind".” MankindEssentialsConscienceIdealsTasksAspiration Author:Robert Andrews Millikan
“The sense of space within the reality of any building is a new concept wherever architecture is concerned. But it is essential ancient principle just the same and is not only necessary now but implied by the ideal of democracy itself.” RealitySpacePrinciplesDemocracyBuildingEssentialsConceptsConcernedIdealsAncientArchitectureImplied Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“When we fail to live up to our ideals, for instance, we might begin to wonder who we are - most people are aware of a discrepancy, I think. There are idiosyncrasies and foibles, but we're not sure if these are essential. Some people think they are the most essential things of all.” PeopleIfsThinkingMightWonderFailingEssentialsIdealsInstanceNot SureWho We AreIdiosyncrasiesDiscrepanciesFoibles Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“Find out for yourself what are the possesions and ideals that you do not desire. By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there.” WantMindDesireKnowingEssentialsIdealsElimination Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.” HumansMayFreedomExistenceDemocracyHeroEssentialsSurvivalIdealsThrivePhasesHuman ExistenceDemocracies HaveTerminalVoting And DemocracyDemocracy FreedomTerminal Disease Author:Noam Chomsky