“There is a greater Christian faith than one which settles for the temporal happiness, and that is the augmentation of faith. The more faithful you become, the harder the obstacles get; but the harder the obstacles get, the tougher your spine grows; and the tougher your spine grows, the less dependent you are on man's approval. I came to know this about Christianity when valuing faith before comfort.” KnowsMenChristianGrowsChristianityGreaterComfortHarderObstaclesSettlingFaithfulDependentApprovalSpineChristian Faith Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable to the same reproach? Men are not apt to change their character by agglomeration; nor does their patience in the presence of obstacles increase with the consciousness of their strength. And for these reasons I can never willingly invest any number of my fellow creatures with that unlimited authority which I should refuse to any one of them.” IfsMenShouldMayDoeI CanReasonCharacterNumbersConsciousnessCreaturesAuthorityIncreaseAbsolutesFellowsMajorityRefuseObstaclesUnlimitedAdversariesPossessingLiableReproachMisuseAbsolute Power Book:American Institutions and Their Influence Source: American Institutions and Their Influence
“I take up the standpoint that the tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man, and I come back now to the statement that it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture.” MenCulturePowerfulPowerIndependentObstaclesTendenciesAggressionDispositionInnate Author:Sigmund Freud
“It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men.” MenHelpingDifficultyObstaclesFacility Book:Getting on in the World: Or, Hints on Success in Life Source: Getting on in the World: Or, Hints on Success in Life