“The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down on their task because it is cast in the day of small things; scornful of baseness, awake to their own duties as well as to their rights, following the higher law with reverence, and in this world doing all that in their power lies, so that when death comes they may feel that humanity is in some degree better because they lived.” WorldFeelsWellsMayChristianLawLyingPurposeHumanityChristianityRightsThis WorldReadyDutyHeroHigherCitizensDegreesTasksCastsFollowingDeedsAwakeEndeavorReverenceSmall ThingsLoftyResoluteLooking DownBasenessHigher Law Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“The gods have provided me with clear and compelling signs of what it means to live in conformity to nature. They did their part. So far as their gifts, aid, and inspiration are concerned, nothing prevented me from following the path prescribed by nature. If from time to time I have strayed from this path, the fault lies with me and with my failure to heed the gods' signs, or rather, their explicit instructions.” IfsMeanInspirationLyingPathClearConcernedFaultsFollowingAidsConformityInstructionCompellingHeedExplicit Book:The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations Source: The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations
“I have one underlying principle in mind: the principle of Muslim democracy. It is my belief that our salvation lies in following the golden rules of conduct set for us by our great lawgiver, the Prophet of Islam.” MindLyingBeliefPrinciplesDemocracySalvationIslamFollowingGoldenProphetGolden Rule Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Following Korzybski, I put things in probabilities, not absolutes... My only originality lies in applying this zetetic attitude outside the hardest of the hard sciences, physics, to softer sciences and then to non-sciences like politics, ideology, jury verdicts and, of course, conspiracy theory.” HardLyingCoursesAttitudeTheoryAbsolutesFollowingPhysicsHardestIdeologyConspiracyOriginalityProbabilityJuryConspiracy TheoryVerdictScience Physics Author:Robert Anton Wilson