“In the modern Christian attempt to take a stand as Christ did, and maybe for others, win the approval of the world, the Christian will often think that it consists of targeting and demoralizing fellow Christians and only fellow Christians. It is one thing to stand against religious hypocrisy when one sees it, but it is another to go on snorting at anything or anyone who might seem 'too Christian' to us. The irony is that by doing this we are further advocating hypocrisy and 'half-hearted Christians'.” ThinkingWorldSeemsMightChristianWinningChristReligiousHalfOne ThingModernGoes OnFellowsIronyHypocrisyApprovalHeartedAdvocatingDemoralizingHalf Hearted Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Some paradox of our natures leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to go on to make them the objects of our pity , then of our wisdom , ultimately of our coercion.” MenMadeInterestObjectsGoes OnFellowsPityEnlightenedParadoxFellow ManCoercion Book:The Liberal Imagination Source: The Liberal Imagination
“To the extent that we consume, in our present circumstances, we are guilty. To the extent that we guilty consumers are conservationists, we are absurd. But what can we do? Must we go on writing letters to politicians and donating to conservation organizations until the majority of our fellow citizens agree with us? Or can we do something directly to solve our share of the problem? I am a conservationist. I believe wholeheartedly in putting pressure on the politicians and in maintaining the conservation organizations.” WritingBelieveProblemI BelieveShareGoes OnCitizensPoliticianCircumstancesLettersOrganizationPressureAgreeFellowsMajoritySolveAbsurdGuiltyConsumersConsumerismConservationMaintainingOverconsumptionWholeheartedly Author:Wendell Berry
“The Babe is one fellow, and I'm another and I could never be exactly like him. I don't try, I just go on as I am in my own right.” TryingMy OwnGoes OnFellowsYankeesBabeNew York Yankees Author:Lou Gehrig
“A lot of our fellow liberals ... seem to me rather to doom themselves to futility in public affairs because the won't recognize that there's a zone of natural affection midway between the inner, or family one, and the outer, or all-humanity one. I suppose they are somehow short of a zone themselves and they seem to get vexed... The common man knows better, just as he'd know better if some philosopher told him he ought not to make invidious distinctions by feeding his own children in preference to others. But of course he can't explain; he just ... goes on feeding the kids.” IfsKnowsMenChildrenSeemsKidsHumanityCoursesNaturalCommonGoes OnOughtFellowsAffairAffectionPhilosopherDistinctionZoneFeedingPreferenceDoomFutilityCommon ManPublic AffairsMidway Author:Charles Edward Montague