“Nothing so evil as money ever grew to be current among men. This lays cities low, this drives men from their homes, this trains and warps honest souls till they set themselves to works of shame; this still teaches folk to practise villainies, and to know every godless deed. But all the men who wrought this thing for hire have made it sure that, soon or late, they shall pay the price.” KnowsMenMadeStillsSoulHomeEvilPayCitiesTeachHonestHe ManGrewLateLowsShameLaysTrainFolksCurrentsDeedsMade ItPay The PricePractiseWarpVillainy Book:Antigone Source: Antigone
“I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.” BelieveI CanBookLiteratureTeachLearningHonestOratorsHonest Friends Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“What is any political campaign save a concerted effort to turn out a set of politicians who are admittedly bad and put in a set who are thought to be better. The former assumption, I believe is always sound; the latter is just as certainly false. For if experience teaches us anything at all it teaches us this: that a good politician, under democracy, is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.” IfsBelievePoliticalTurnsI BelieveSoundEffortTeachDemocracyHonestPoliticianCampaignsFormerAssumptionLatterUnthinkableBurglarsPolitical CampaignGood Politicians Book:PREJUDICES A SELECTION Source: PREJUDICES A SELECTION
“Whatever efforts one may make, one must revert to the realization that religion is the real basis of morality; religion is the real and perceptible purpose within us, which alone, can turn aside our attention from things. ... The science of morality can no more teach human beings to be honest, in all the magnificence of this word, than geometry can teach one how to draw.” HumansMayRealPurposeTurnsHuman BeingsEffortAttentionTeachHonestMoralityDrawsBasesRealizationBeing HonestGeometryMagnificence Author:Madame de Stael
“The pulpit only "teaches" to be honest; the market-place "trains" to overreaching and fraud; and teaching has not a tithe of the efficiency of training. Christ never wrote a tract, but He went about doing good.” ChristTeachTeachingHonestExampleTrainingTrainBeing HonestFraudEfficiencyDoing GoodPulpitTitheOverreaching Book:Demands of the Age on Colleges Source: Demands of the Age on Colleges
“We all teach from that same frame of reference. We're like neighborhood - the people who have had the opportunity through this music to gain a platform and spread the message of this music, which is basically love in a form of communication that's honest and truthful.” PeopleFormOpportunityTeachHonestCommunicationMessagesGainsSpreadNeighborhoodTruthfulPlatformsFrame Of Reference Author:Wynton Marsalis
“There are a lot of things that make players really good coaches. Whether you've played in the NBA or not, there are certain things you have to master and be really good at. They just have to be gifted in these areas. You've got to be competent. Secondly, you've got to be able to communicate. You can have a picture in your mind on how to score but if you can't communicate it, if you can't teach it, what good is it? You've got to be brutally honest and be a man of strong character and then you've got to have class. They've got to respect you.” IfsMenMindCharacterAbleCertainStrongClassTeachPlayerHonestMastersAreasCommunicateCoachesScoreNbaGiftedBe A ManCompetentStrong CharacterBrutally HonestGood Coaches Author:Avery Johnson
“Christianity taught that men ought to be as chaste as pagans thought honest women ought to be; the contraceptive morality teaches that women need to be as little chaste as pagans thought men need be.” MenNeedsLittlesChristianityTeachHonestTaughtOughtMoralityPaganChasteContraceptivesHonest Woman Author:G. E. M. Anscombe