“I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them with respect.” ShouldHumansGivenAnimalResponsibilityTreatsPushingChimpanzees Author:Jane Goodall
“So we, Democrats, have a responsibility there, every one of us, both to try to treat the Republicans with respect and as human beings to try to work with them on every issue we can, and then if those cannons are fired at us, we've got to stand up and fight back. If you lay down and you look like a deer caught in the headlights, then you will confirm the assault. And so we have to fight back.” IfsTryingHumansLooksFightingHuman BeingsResponsibilityIssuesRepublicanTreatsDown AndLaysDemocratCaughtAssaultDeerCannonsHeadlights Author:William J. Clinton
“Our view of nature will influence the way we treat nature, and our view of human nature will affect our understanding of human responsibility.” WayHumansUnderstandingViewsResponsibilityInfluenceHuman NatureTreatsEnvironmentalStewardship Author:Ian Barbour
“I've been given a gift [musical talent] - don't misuse it. I spent a lot of time just wasting that talent, not treasuring it, not valuing it, not respecting it, just taking it for granted. That was a hard lesson to learn. It doesn't come for free. Don't do that. Treasure it, respect it, treat it as a responsibility that you've been given, and enjoy the hell out of it.” HardGivenEnjoyResponsibilityHellTalentLessonsTreatsMusicalTreasureGrantedMisuseHard LessonsMusical Talent Author:David Crosby
“We're progressing on a lot of fronts, but on the aspect of your responsibility - just the very basics of how we treat each other - before we learn mathematics and computers and science in school, and languages and all of this, the basis of it: What is it to be a human? What responsibility do you have?” HumansSchoolLanguageResponsibilityProgressFrontsComputerAspectTreatsBasesMathematicsBasics Author:Michal Rovner
“The mature man lives quietly, does good privately, takes responsibility for his actions, treats others with friendliness and courtesy, finds mischief boring and avoids it. Without the hidden conspiracy of goodwill, society would not endure an hour.” MenDoeActionHoursResponsibilityTreatsEndureBoringMatureConspiracyTaking ResponsibilityCourtesyMischiefGoodwillFriendliness Author:Kenneth Rexroth
“What do believers in the Absolute mean by saving that their belief affords them comfort? They mean that since in the Absolute finite evil is ‘overruled’ already, we may, therefore, whenever we wish, treat the temporal as if it were potentially the eternal, be sure that we can trust its outcome, and, without sin, dismiss our fear and drop the worry of our finite responsibility. In short, they mean that we have a right ever and anon to take a moral holiday, to let the world wag in its own way, feeling that its issues are in better hands than ours and are none of our business.” IfsWorldWayMayMeanFeelingsHandsEvilBeliefWishSinResponsibilityMoralWorryIssuesComfortEternalTreatsAbsolutesBelieverSavingOutcomesHolidayFiniteWagsAnon Author:William James
“If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.” PeopleIfsInspirationalHelpingWisdomHopeResponsibilityOughtBecomingCapableTreatsParenting Author:Haim Ginott
“Please take good care of it all, OK? Be an enlightened monarch who treats your domain with reverent responsibility. And make sure you also enjoy the full measure of fun that comes with such mastery. Glide through life as if all of creation is yearning to honor and entertain you.” IfsCareFunEnjoyResponsibilityCreationHonorPleaseEmpowermentTreatsEnlightenedMasteryYearningDomainMonarchs Book:Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings Source: Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings