“For the first time, we live in a society that shows any sign of the possibility of women changing this condition.” FirstsShowsWomenConditionsPossibilityEnlightenmentFirst Time Author:Frederick Lenz
“Many writers claim that nearly all crime is caused by economic conditions, or in other words that poverty is practically the whole cause of crime. Endless statistics have been gathered on this subject which seem to show conclusively that property crimes are largely the result of the unequal distribution of wealth. But crime of any class cannot be safely ascribed to a single cause. Life is too complex, heredity is too variant and imperfect, too many separate things contribute to human behavior, to make it possible to trace all actions to a single cause.” HumansHas BeensWholeShowsSeemsActionLife IsCausesWealthResultsClassPovertyEconomicConditionsSubjectsCrimeBehaviorClaimsPropertyComplexesEndlessStatisticsImperfectHuman BehaviorDistributionHeredityDistribution Of Wealth Author:Clarence Darrow
“Now since man is naturally inclined to avoid pain - and since labor is pain in itself - it follows that men will resort to plunder whenever plunder is easier than work. History shows this quite clearly. And under these conditions, neither religion nor morality can stop it. When, then, does plunder stop? It stops when it becomes more painful and more dangerous than labor.” MenDoeShowsPainConditionsDangerousMoralityEasierLaborPainfulResortsPlunder Book:The Law Source: The Law
“People who have a seeking heart still make mistakes. But their reaction to rebuke and correction shows the condition of that heart. It determines what God is able to do with them in the future.” PeopleHeartStillsShowsAbleMistakeConditionsDetermineSeekingReactionsMaking MistakesCorrectionsRebukeGod Is Able Book:Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire Source: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire
“He who remembers the evils he has undergone, and those that have threatened him, and the slight causes that have changed him from one state to another, prepares himself in that way for future changes and for recognizing his condition. The life of Caesar has no more to show us than our own; an emperor's or an ordinary man's, it is still a life subject to all human accidents.” MenWayHumansStillsStatesShowsRememberEvilCausesConditionsSubjectsChangedOrdinaryAccidentsThreatenedRecognizingEmperorOrdinary Man Book:Essays Source: Essays
“According to my observations, mankind are among the most easily tamable and domesticable of all creatures in the animal world. They are readily reducible to submission, so readily conditionable (to coin a word) as to exhibit an almost incredibly enduring patience under restraint and oppression of the most flagrant character. So far are they from displaying any overweening love of freedom that they show a singular contentment with a condition of servitorship, often showing a curious canine pride in it, and again often simply unaware that they are existing in that condition.” WorldCharacterShowsAnimalConditionsMankindPrideCreaturesEndureOppressionObservationCuriousContentmentRestraintCoinsSubmissionExhibitsCanineAnimal World Author:Albert J. Nock
“It is what makes conscious of the conditions and laws of observing which applied in this manner become a theme on its own. The activity of consciousness depending on the way the work itself proceeds, becomes the subject of my attention this way and it is precisely because of this voyeuristic attitude toward the own observation and experience of the subject that the conscious analytic dimension in the work shows.” WayShowsLawAttentionConsciousnessAttitudeConditionsSubjectsActivityConsciousObservationThemeDimensionsObservingAnalytics Author:Antoni Tapies
“Religion prescribes to every miserable man the means of bettering his condition; nay, it shows him that the bearing of his afflictions as he ought to do, will naturally end in the removal of them.” MenMeanEndsShowsConditionsOughtSorrowMiserableAfflictionRemoval Book:The spectator Source: The spectator