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“We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but the gradual growth of our own wickedness, endeared by interest, and palliated by all the artifices of self-deceit, gives us time to form distinctions in our own favor”

Giving Self Form Growth Interest Crime Favors Distinction Deceit Shocked Wickedness Magnitude Artifice

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D..: The Rambler

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D..: The Rambler

“Since freedom is not a fixed thing that can be grasped and held once for all, but a growth, any particular society, such as our own, always appears partly free and partly unfree. In so far as it favors, in every child, the development of his highest possibilities, it is free, but where it falls short of this it is not.”

Children Fall Growth Freedom Possibility Particular Development Highest Favors Fixed Unfree

Book:Two Major Works: Social Organization. Human Nature and the Social Order

Source: Two Major Works: Social Organization. Human Nature and the Social Order

“In the United States, where it has become almost impossible to use "liberal" in the sense in which I have used it, the term "libertarian" has been used instead. It may be the answer; but for my part I find it singularly unattractive. For my taste it carries too much the flavor of a manufactured term and of a substitute. What I should want is a word which describes the party of life, the party that favors free growth and spontaneous evolution. But I have racked my brain unsuccessfully to find a descriptive term which commends itself.”

“I'm in favor of personal growth as long as it doesn't include malignant tumors.”

Long Growth Personal Growth Favors Tumors

Book:Brain Droppings

Source: Brain Droppings

“The ability to handle stress increases with the practice of meditation. In a culture like ours in which inner, spiritual growth is totally neglected in favor of materialistic pursuits, we might have something to learn from the Hare Krishna devotees' meditational practices.”

Might Spiritual Culture Growth Ability Practice Meditation Increase Stress Favors Pursuit Handle Spiritual Growth Neglected Krishna Materialistic Hares Devotee Hare Krishna

Author:Daniel Goleman

“Republicans favor tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, but these had no stimulative effect during the George W. Bush administration, and there is no reason to believe that more of them will have any today. As for the idea that cutting regulations will lead to significant job growth, it's just nonsense. It's just made up.”

Believe Made Ideas Reason Today Jobs Growth Cutting Effects Republican Taxes Favors Significant Administration Corporations Nonsense No Reason Wealthy Regulation Tax Cuts Job Growth

Author:Bruce Bartlett

“This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.”

Ifs Has Beens Moments Able Growth Wealth Share Development Benefits Trade Human Rights Favors Globalization Cornerstones

Author:Barack Obama