“Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods of this world. Compulsion is applied from above as self-discipline relaxes below, and the last liberties expire under the weight of a unitary state.... Since religion has lost its empire over the souls of men, the most prominent boundary that divided good from evil is overthrown; kings and nations are guided by chance and none can say where are the natural limits of despotism and the bound of license.” MenWorldFirstsSoulSelfStatesGovernmentLastsEvilLostNationsNaturalChanceAbilityPleasureLibertyMoralHonestThis WorldKingsDisciplineLimitsWeightBoundsCorruptionBoundariesGenuineRelaxEmpiresGoodsDividedDecayCommerceSelf DisciplineLicenseCompulsionDespotismProminentHamperMoral DecayHonest Government Author:Russell Kirk
“To act well in this world, one must sacrifice all personal desires. The people who become missionaries of religious thought have no other Fatherland than this thought. Man is not on Earth merely to be happy, nor even simply to be honest. He is here to realize great things for humanity, to attain nobility, and to surmount the vulgarity of nearly every individual.” PeopleMenWorldWellsEarthDesireHumanityIndividualRealizingReligiousSacrificeHonestThis WorldGreat ThingsBeing HonestNobilityVulgarityFatherlandPersonal Desire Author:Ernest Renan
“A Romantic ideology that predates rock glorifies the self-destructive artist as someone who's too honest and delicate for this world... It's not an easy job, and its stresses can take their toll.” WorldSelfJobsArtistEasyRocksHonestThis WorldStressIdeologyDestructiveDelicateGlorifyTollsSelf Destructive Author:Jon Pareles
“I want people to see that the cosmic perspective is simultaneously honest about the universe we live in and uplifting, when we realize how far we have come and how wonderful is this world of ours.” PeopleWorldWantUniverseRealizingWonderfulHonestThis WorldPerspectiveUpliftingCosmic Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“This world is so full of hypocrisy, the only way you can be honest is to be a hermit.” WorldWayHonestThis WorldBeing HonestHypocrisyHermits Author:Pete Seeger
“Who wants to do good in this world must deny oneself. A man does not live on this Earth to be happy or to be honest only - he has to do great things for humanity, achieve the generosity of the spirit and rise above the banality where most of the people are drowning and wasting their days.” PeopleMenWorldWantDoeEarthSpiritHumanityAchieveHonestThis WorldOneselfDenyGreat ThingsGenerosityBeing HonestDrowningRise AboveBanality Author:Irving Stone
“I've stuck by being modest, honest and humble, because I think you'll get more appreciated that way and we all want to be appreciated in this world.” ThinkingWorldWayWantHonestThis WorldHumbleStuckModestAppreciated Author:Dwyane Wade
“Being rational - along with being clear and honest - are important if we are to create the needed shift in fundamental thinking necessary to make it possible to pull this world back from the brink of multiple disasters on ecological, cultural, political, and economic fronts.” IfsThinkingWorldImportantPoliticalClearEconomicHonestFrontsThis WorldNeededFundamentalsDisasterRationalMultipleEcological Author:Robert Jensen