“Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men. Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person's qualities but on trust. It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.” MenHumansHeartPersonsQualityRiskTestsFellowsAffectionCriticalLoyaltyCoreExperimentsPreservesMentalityPuzzlesFellow ManHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsInitiateGregariousness Book:Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays Source: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays
“I must speak the truth, even at the risk of being ostracized by my fellow scribblers. In fact, anticipating their rage, I have already applied for a place in the Canada Council's witness-protection program. This because, much as it pains me to turn on my kind, I fear the time has come to admit that far too many celebrated writers were outrageous liars, philanderers, drunks, druggies, unsuitable babysitters, plagiarists, psychopaths, parasites, cowards, indifferent dads or moms and bad credit risks.” KindFactsPainTurnsSpeakRiskMomDadProgramFellowsCreditProtectionRageWitnessCanadaLiarsCowardIndifferentCouncilTurn-onOutrageousSpeak The TruthPsychopathParasitesBabysitterPhilandererDruggies Author:Mordecai Richler
“An Englishman is never afraid of being laughed at. He just thinks the other fellow is a fool. But Americans still can't risk anybody laughing at them.” ThinkingStillsUnited StatesLaughingRiskFoolLaughterEnglandFellowsLaughedEnglishmen Author:Pearl S. Buck
“I saw the man my friendwants pardoned, Thomas Flinton. He is a bright, good-looking fellow.... Of his innocence all are confident. The governor strikes me as a man seeking popularity, who lacks the independence and manhood to do right at the risk of losing popularity. Afraid of what will be said. He is prejudiced against the Irish and Democrats.” MenSaidSawsRiskHe ManLosingPrejudiceFellowsIndependenceDemocratSeekingStrikesInnocenceGovernorsPopularityManhoodLooking Good Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it - so long as we seize it together.” WorldLongMadeMomentsTogetherAmericaQualityRiskPossibilityThis WorldYouthDemandDiversityCapacityFellowsBoundariesEndlessOpennessLimitlessReinvention Author:Barack Obama
“This is historically what happens whenever revolutionaries begin to take the oppression and suffering of their fellow beings seriously, whether human or nonhuman. It's regrettable that certain scientists are willing to put their families at risk by choosing to do wasteful animal experiments in this day and age.” HumansHappensAgeCertainSufferingAnimalRiskWillingScientistFellowsExperimentsOppressionRevolutionaryThis Day Author:Jerry Vlasak
“Only as long as we believe in our own identity over time does it make sense for us to make future plans, avoid risks, and treat our fellow human beings fairly - for the consequences of our actions will, in the end, always concern ourselves.” BelieveHumansLongDoeEndsActionHuman BeingsPlansRiskIdentityConsequenceConcernTreatsFellowsMake SenseOur ActionsFuture PlansConsequences Of Our Actions Author:Thomas Metzinger
“The Hebrew scriptures say it's okay to enslave anybody except your fellow Jews. It says you should enslave only your neighbors. I say to people that means Mexicans and Canadians are a bit at risk if we want to be literal about the Bible.” PeopleIfsWantShouldMeanBitsRiskOkayFellowsJewNeighborScriptureLiteralHebrew Author:John Shelby Spong
“a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he's already got. He'll cling to trouble he's used to before he'll risk a change. Yes. A man will talk about how he'd like to escape from living folks. But it's the dead folks that do him the damage. It's the dead ones that lay quiet in one place and dont try to hold him, that he cant escape from.” MenTryingMightUsedRiskTroubleQuietFellowsLaysFolksDamageCant Book:Light in August Source: Light in August
“Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important. This sense, as Mackintosh remarks, "has a rightful supremacy over every other principle of human action"; it is summed up in that short but imperious word "ought," so full of high significance. It is the most noble of all the attributes of man, leading him without a moment's hesitation to risk his life for that of a fellow-creature; or after due deliberation, impelled simply by the deep feeling of right or duty, to sacrifice it in some great cause.” MenImportantMomentsFeelingsCausesDifferencesAnimalMoralRiskSacrificeDutyOughtCreaturesEthicsConscienceFellowsDuesNobleSignificanceAttributesHesitationDeliberationDeep Feeling Author:Charles Darwin