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Mortimer Adler Quote: “We are selfish when we are…”

We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.

October 18, 2021 1902, American, December 28, Mortimer Adler, Quotes by Philosophers

Lucy Larcom Quote: “What is the meaning of ‘gossip?’…”

What is the meaning of ‘gossip?’ Doesn’t it originate with sympathy, an interest in one’s neighbor, degenerating into idle curiosity and love of tattling? Which is worse, this habit, or keeping one’s self so absorbed intellectually as to forget the sufferings and cares of others, to lose sympathy through having too much to think about?

October 16, 2021 1824, American, Lucy Larcom, March 5, Quotes by Poets

Tom G. Palmer Quote: “Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations…”

Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others.

October 15, 2021 1956, American, Quotes by Educators, Tom G. Palmer

Pietro Aretino Quote: “I am a free man. I…”

I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style, and so cease to be themselves. Without a master, without a model, without a guide, I go to work and earn my living, my well-being and my fame.

October 13, 2021 1492, April 20, Italian, Pietro Aretino, Quotes by Poets

Jonathan Zittrain Quote: “I don’t know how much thought…”

I don’t know how much thought is behind it, but it seems to me highly effective the way that Facebook will let somebody tag a photo with a friend’s name, then others who are a friend of that friend can perhaps immediately see the photo, and the friend, in the meantime, has a chance to wander back and un-tag it.

October 11, 2021 1969, American, December 24, Jonathan Zittrain, Quotes by Educators

Philip Levine Quote: “I’m afraid we live at the…”

I’m afraid we live at the mercy of a power, maybe a God, without mercy. And yet we find it, as I have, from others.

October 11, 2021 1928, American, January 10, Philip Levine, Quotes by Poets

Parker Palmer Quote: “America’s freedom of religion, and freedom…”

America’s freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.

October 9, 2021 1939, American, Parker Palmer, Quotes by Educators

Howard Thurman Quote: “Community cannot for long feed on…”

Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers.

September 27, 2021 1900, American, Howard Thurman, November 18, Quotes by Educators

Dorothea Dix Quote: “Those who do wrong very often…”

Those who do wrong very often think others are censuring them, when they are not even thought of.

September 27, 2021 1802, American, April 4, Dorothea Dix, Quotes by Activists

Henri Frederic Amiel Quote: “Doing easily what others find difficult…”

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

September 24, 2021 1821, Henri Frederic Amiel, Quotes by Philosophers, September 27, Swiss

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