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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

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Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he is in the sight of God, and no more.

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Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility: the man who loses himself finds himself and finds his happiness.

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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

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Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he shall not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or too base for what he wants to offer.

Max Weber

The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to one another.

Max Weber

Max Weber

Either one lives 'for' politics or one lives 'off' politics.

Max Weber

All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this reality constitutes the object of scientific investigation, and that only it is 'important' in the sense of being 'worthy of being known.'

Max Weber

All knowledge of cultural reality, as may be seen, is always knowledge from particular points of view.

Max Weber

Max Weber

Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state.

Max Weber

One cannot prescribe to anyone whether he should follow an ethic of absolute ends or an ethic of responsibility.

Max Weber

I think science fiction helps us think about possibilities, to speculate - it helps us look at our society from a different perspective. It lets us look at our mores, using science as the backdrop, as the game changer.

Mae Jemison

What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.

Mae Jemison

We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.

Mae Jemison

Most men fail, not through lack of education or agreeable personal qualities, but from lack of dogged determination, from lack of dauntless will.

Orison Swett Marden

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

Saint Augustine

Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he is in the sight of God, and no more.

Francis of Assisi

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

Saint Augustine

We live but for a short time, we see but very little, and we know almost nothing; so, at least, let's do some dreaming. Have yourself a very good Sunday, my dear readers.

Orhan Pamuk

God didnâ€™t just give a little for us; He gave His best. He gave Himself.

Francis Chan

Orhan Pamuk

In reality, not one of us will ever be worthy. It is useless to attempt earning it; you'll never feel ready. It is unknown and uncomfortable. But there really is a God who forgives everything and loves endlessly.

Francis Chan

The real question is how much suffering we've caused our womenfolk by turning headscarves into symbols - and using women as pawns in a political game.

Orhan Pamuk

Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility: the man who loses himself finds himself and finds his happiness.

Fulton J. Sheen

True literature is more than just a story someone has told. It must provide the reader with the essence of the world on a moral, philosophical and emotional level.

Orhan Pamuk

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

Henry David Thoreau

Morality is probably the last thing one can learn from football.

Orhan Pamuk

Henry David Thoreau

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

Henry Van Dyke

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

Henry Van Dyke

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.

Henry Van Dyke

When we die to something, something comes alive within us. If we die to self, charity comes alive; if we die to pride, service comes alive; if we die to lust, reverence for personality comes alive; if we die to anger, love comes alive.

Fulton J. Sheen

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Heraclitus

Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.

Fulton J. Sheen

The old liberal rebelled against taxation without responsibility, the new liberal wants the taxation as a handout without responsibility.

Fulton J. Sheen

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets.

Heraclitus

Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.

Herb Caen

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them â€” the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

I wrote a piece for the school literary magazine that now makes me think: 'My God in Heaven, this is just the worst drivel.

Pat Conroy

I hate shaving. It's much easier to just do a little stubble, but my wife and daughter like it when I'm clean-shaven. If you see me with a clean face, then you know I'm in the kissing mode!

Patrick Dempsey

I would love to see young writers come out of college and know there is a possibility to be a novelist.

Pat Conroy

And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy.