“We must think of human progress, not as of something going on in the race in general, but as something going on in a small minority, perpetually beleaguered in a few walled towns. Now and then the horde of barbarians outside breaks through, and we have an armed effort to halt the process. That is, we have a Reformation, a French Revolution, a war for democracy, a Great Awakening. The minority is decimated and driven to cover. But a few survive- and a few are enough to carry on.” ThinkingHumansWarEnoughProcessEffortRaceBreakDemocracyProgressSocietyRevolutionTownsDrivenAwakeningMinoritiesNow And ThenReformationHaltBarbariansBreak ThroughFrench RevolutionHuman ProgressHorde Author:H. L. Mencken
“There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.” EnoughTruthReligionSocietyToleranceJustifyPersecution Author:John Milton
“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsEnoughPoliticalPoliticsPeaceEducationPowerSocietyExerciseSafeUltimateEnlightenedRemedyDiscretionFounding Fathers DemocracyConsent Of The GovernedUltimate PowerInformed CitizensEnlightened SocietyGovernment Education Author:Thomas Jefferson
“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.” MenEnoughGovernmentPoliticalLeadershipLeaderHistoryDemocracySocietySlaveWittyLawyerPresidentialGood EnoughConsentAmerican PoliticsGreat LeaderAnother ManGoverningDemocracies HaveWorld LeaderGood LeaderBe A SlaveBeing A LeaderInspiring LeaderAmerican GovernmentLeadership By Famous LeadersBest LeaderGood LeadershipGreatest LeadershipFuture LeadersGood GovernanceRepublicanismSlavery In AmericaEquality Of ManConsent Of The GovernedPolitics FunnyFollowershipLeadership In EducationHuman EqualityBeing A Good LeaderRights In AmericaInformed ConsentNot Being Good Enough Author:Abraham Lincoln
“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently - they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” PeopleThinkingWorldInspirationalHumansMayDifferentEnoughInspirationMotivationalSuccessPurposeChangeInterestingViewsRaceSocietyCrazyGeniusMadEntrepreneurRoundsMy FavoriteHolesInsaneHuman RaceMemorableChanging The WorldPushingSquaresDisagreeRebelStatus QuoThings ChangeYour FutureEnd Of The WorldMaking ChangesRulesInventorCan't ChangeBeing DifferentGlorifyDifferent WorldsBest JobMisfitsCrazy PeopleFunny MotivationalImportant JobsDifferent JobsTroublemakerInspirational ChangePegLife Has ChangedBeauty Of The WorldThink DifferentChallenging Status QuoForward ThinkingMotivational JobGreat DesignSuccess MantraWorld LifeLife Changing InspirationalBusiness ChangeYou Make A DifferenceAdapting To ChangeYou Can't Change PeopleAfraid Of ChangeCrazy WorldThinking DifferentlyYou Can't Change The PastVilifyInspiring ChangeCreating The FutureWorld And LifeCan't Change PeopleFavorite WordsFaveThis Crazy WorldCrazy InspirationalSquare PegsLife Is CrazyApple Inc Author:Steve Jobs
“Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveChildrenEnoughI BelieveSocietyInvolvedConcernedOur ChildrenGet Involved Author:Benjamin Spock
“Law is for the society; love is for the individual. Law is how you behave with others; love is how you behave with yourself. Love is an inner flowering; law is an outward performance. Because you live with people you have to be lawful, but that is not enough - good, but not enough.” PeopleEnoughLawIndividualLove IsSocietySelf LovePerformancesBehaveFlowering Author:Rajneesh
“The West has enough technology, enough science, enough affluence, enough money, but something of the inner is missing. There is no peace, no silence, no joy, no bliss, no meditativeness, no experience of godliness.” EnoughJoySilenceTechnologySocietyMissingWestBlissGodlinessAffluence Author:Rajneesh
“It has taken me nearly twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be accepted as a serious person by the British public; and I am not sure that I am not still regarded as a suspicious character in some quarters.” YearsPersonsStillsSelfEnoughCharacterNaturalTakenSocietySeriousTwentiesBritishAcceptedNot SureDullFacultyQuartersDecayRestraintSuspiciousSelf RestraintSerious Person Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Man is a luxury-loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough to obtain a bare subsistence. A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles.” PeopleMenEnoughPlayTurnsWealthAnimalSocietySeriousCreaturesRationalLuxuryFancyDullTemptedEnergeticStagnantSubsistenceSluggish Author:Eric Hoffer
“We will be able to achieve a just and prosperous society only when our schools ensure that everyone commands enough shared background knowledge to be able to communicate effectively with everyone else.” EnoughAbleSchoolSocietyAchieveCommunicateBackgroundsCommandProsperousBackground Knowledge Author:Edward Hirsch