Quotes by Wisdom Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. John Muir autumnnaturewisdom He that in the ordinary affairs of life would admit of nothing but direct plain demonstration would be sure of nothing in this world but of perishing quickly. John Locke intelligencewisdomordinary I see, therefore, the rentier aspect of capitalism as a transitional phase which will disappear when it has done its work. And with the disappearance of its rentier aspect much else in it besides will suffer a sea-change. It will be, moreover, a great advantage of the order of events which I am advocating, that the euthanasia of the rentier, of the functionless investor, will be nothing sudden, merely a gradual but prolonged continuance of what we have seen recently in Great Britain, and will need no revolution. John Maynard Keynes wisdomseaorder Without the body, the wisdom of the larger self cannot be known. John P. Conger gardenwisdomself We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes. John F. Kennedy wisdomhopefear We want to go forward, but which way are we facing? John Lennon wisdomwantway The immense accumulations of fixed capital which, to the great benefit of mankind, were built up during the half century before the war, could never have come about in a Society where wealth was divided equitably. John Maynard Keynes benefitswisdomwar It is not the ownership of the instruments of production which it is important for the State to assume. If the State is able to determine the aggregate amount of resources devoted to augmenting the instruments and the basic rate of reward to those who own them, it will have accomplished all that is necessary. Moreover, the necessary measures of socialization can be introduced gradually and without a break in the general traditions of society. John Maynard Keynes politicsimportantwisdom For my own part, I believe that there is social and psychological justification for significant inequalities of incomes and wealth. John Maynard Keynes incomewisdombelieve The only unchangable certainty in life is that nothing is unchangable or certain. John F. Kennedy certainty-in-lifewisdomfun We hold that the ownership of private property is the right and privilege of every American citizen and is one of the foundation stones upon which this nation and its free enterprise system has been built and has prospered. We feel that private property rights and human rights are inseparable and indivisible. Only in those nations that guarantee the right of ownership of private property as basic and sacred under their law is there any recognition of human rights. John Rarick wisdomrightslaw He is wise that can make a friend of a foe. John Ray foewisdomwise What's good for the goose is good for the gander. John Ray gandergeesewisdom There is no such thing as a peace of soul approach to religion. It makes of God a gigantic Bayer Aspirin; take God three times a day and you won't feel any pain. John Powell painsoulwisdom No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man. John Selden wisdommaymen The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy. John Quincy Adams wisdomwisemen It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. John Steinbeck wisdomappreciationlove The unnatural, that too is natural. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe sexualitynaturewisdom It takes a great deal of living to get a little deal of learning. John Ruskin wisdomteachingteacher There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. John Lennon love-yourselfchangewisdom«101102103104105106107108109110111»
