“There is a difference between happiness, the supreme good, and the final end or goal toward which our actions ought to tend. For happiness is not the supreme good, but presupposes it, being the contentment or satisfaction of the mind which results from possessing it.” MindEndsActionGoalDifferencesResultsOughtFinalsSatisfactionSupremeContentmentOur ActionsPossessing Author:Rene Descartes
“Capitalism as a social order and as a creed is the expression of the belief in economic progress as leading toward the freedom and equality of the individual in a free and open society. Marxism expects this society to result from the abolition of private profit. Capitalism expects the free and equal society to result from the enthronement of private profit as supreme ruler of social behavior.” OrderIndividualBeliefSocialResultsProgressEconomicExpressionEqualBehaviorCapitalismProfitSupremeRulersCreedsMarxismAbolitionThis SocietySocial OrderSocial BehaviorEconomic ProgressFreedom And Equality Author:Peter Drucker
“A miracle is a supernatural event, whose antecedent forces are beyond our finite vision, whose design is the display of almighty power for the accomplishment of almighty purposes, and whose immediate result, as regards man, is his recognition of God as the Supreme Ruler of all things, and of His will as the only supreme law.” MenLawPurposeForceResultsVisionEventsDesignAll ThingsMiracleRegardSupremeRecognitionAccomplishmentDisplayRulersAlmightyFinite Author:Abbott Eliot Kittredge
“I don't believe in hell. The idea that a supreme being would make hell is ridiculous. An eternity of pain that results in no learning, reformation or rebirth is a nauseating idea. It's one of the reasons I left Christianity. I simply could not accept that version of God.” BelieveIdeasReasonPainLeftResultsAcceptingChristianityHellEternityDon't BelieveRidiculousSupremeVersionsRebirthReformationSupreme Being Author:Anne Rice