“I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk].” FactsBlackCareersProudDirectAthleteNobleChiefsWarriorDescendantsHawks Author:Jim Thorpe
“It doesn't matter how bad things are, something good could happen always. And it doesn't matter how many excuses you have for behaving in an unkind manner towards others. There's never any excuse for not being kind and it's always better to be kind even if it seems pointless and that in fact is the highest wisdom - being kind. It sounds like a very noble, ethereal, simplistic idea but it's true.” IfsKindIdeasMatterFactsSeemsHappensSoundHighestExcuseNobleBad ThingsBe KindPointlessUnkindEtherealExcuse You Author:Viggo Mortensen
“The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity.” SoulFactsLyingAttitudeForeverInfluenceHonestySpringSimplicityNobleConfessionSwept AwayPurifying Book:Romola Source: Romola
“How much reverence has a noble man for his enemies!--and such reverence is a bridge to love.--For he desires his enemy for himself, as his mark of distinction; he can endure no other enemy than one in whom there is nothing to despise and very much to honor! In contrast to this, picture "the enemy" as the man of ressentiment conceives him--and here precisely is his deed, his creation: he has conceived "the evil enemy," "the Evil One," and this in fact is his basic concept, from which he then evolves, as an afterthought and pendant, a "good one"--himself!” MenFactsDesireEvilEnemyCreationHe ManHonorConceptsMarkEndureDeedsNobleEvolveBridgesDistinctionDespiseReverenceContrastAfterthoughtNoble ManPendants Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche
“Theism, as a way of conceiving God, has become demonstrably inadequate, and the God of theism not only is dying but is probably not revivable. If the religion of the future depends on keeping alive the definitions of theism, then the human phenomenon that we call religion will have come to an end. If Christianity depends on a theistic definition of God, then we must face the fact that we are watching this noble religious system enter the rigor mortis of its own death throes.” IfsWayHumansEndsFactsFacesReligiousChristianityAliveAtheismDyingDependsDefinitionsPositive AtheismNoblePhenomenonInadequateTheismRigorConceivingRigor Mortis Author:John Shelby Spong