“Military weapons are the means used by the Sage to punish violence and cruelty, to give peace to troublous times, to remove difficulties and dangers, and to succor those who are in peril. Every animal with blood in its veins and horns on its head will fight when it is attacked. How much more so will man, who carries in his breast the faculties of love and hatred, joy and anger! When he is pleased, a feeling of affection springs up within him; when angry, his poisoned sting is brought into play. That is the natural law which governs his being” MenGivingMeanWarPlayFeelingsLawUsedJoyFightingNaturalAnimalViolenceBloodMilitaryDangerWeaponsSpringHatredDifficultyAngryAffectionCrueltyBreastsRemoveCarrieFacultySageVeinsPerilHornsNatural LawHatred And LoveMilitary WeaponsViolence And Cruelty Author:Sima Qian
“Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound conviction of that duty.” MenActionDutyProfoundBoundsConvictionMissionsEvery ManFacultyPledgeFulfilment Book:Joseph Mazzini His Life, Writings, and Political Principles Source: Joseph Mazzini His Life, Writings, and Political Principles
“Just as love is an orientation which refers to all objects and is incompatible with the restriction to one object, so is reason a human faculty which must embrace the whole of the world with which man is confronted.” MenWorldLoveHumansReasonWholeLove IsObjectsEmbraceFacultyRestrictionOrientation Book:Sane Society Ils 252 Source: Sane Society Ils 252
“The weakness of their reasoning faculty also explains why women show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men;... and why, on the contrary, they are inferior to men as regards justice, and less honourable and conscientious.” MenShowsWomenJusticeWeaknessRegardContraryReasoningFacultyUnfortunateInferiors Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“As the faculty of writing has chiefly been a masculine endowment, the reproach of making the world miserable has always been thrown upon the women.” MenWorldWritingMen And WomenMiserableThrownFacultyMasculineReproachEndowment Author:Samuel Johnson