“When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of men, the pains and perils to which they expose themselves I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.” MenDifferentFactsPainAriseUnhappinessDistractionPerilChamber Book:Thoughts Source: Thoughts
“A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be.” MenHeartMayPassionCasesFireWindAddAriseBurningIgniteWild Passion Author:Jack Kerouac
“We must remember that if all the manifestly good men were on one side and all the manifestly bad men on the other, there would be no danger of anyone, least of all the elect, being deceived by lying wonders. It is the good men, good once, we must hope good still, who are to do the work of Anti-Christ and so sadly to crucify the Lord afresh.... Bear in mind this feature of the last days, that this deceitfulness arises from good men being on the wrong side.” IfsMenMindStillsWould BeLastsRememberLyingSidesChristPowerfulWonderLordDangerBearsCatholicAriseFeaturesGood ManDeceivedLast DayBad ManBeing DeceivedAnti Christ Book:Devotion to the Church Source: Devotion to the Church
“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.” MenPoliticalCultureDemocracyEqualDiversityClaimsSocial JusticeNotionWittyEqualityArisePolitical ScienceEqual Respect Book:Politics Source: Politics
“Persons without education certainly do not want either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within their observation; but they have no power of abstraction, no general standard of taste, or scale of opinion. They see their objects always near, and never in the horizon. Hence arises that egotism which has been remarked as the characteristic of self-taught men.” MenWantMindPersonsHas BeensSelfOpinionObjectsTaughtTasteStandardsConcernScalesAriseObservationCharacteristicsHorizonAbstractionEgotismStrength Of MindSelf Taught Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind.” MenMindStatesConscienceAccountsDeedsAriseHopes And Fears Author:Ovid