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Jean-Paul Sartre Quote: “I am no longer sure of…”

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul.

October 30, 2021 1905, French, Jean-Paul Sartre, June 21, Quotes by Philosophers

Muhammad Iqbal Quote: “In the first period religious life…”

In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command.

October 25, 2021 1877, Muhammad Iqbal, November 9, Pakistani, Quotes by Poets

Aristotle Quote: “The whole is more than the…”

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

October 24, 2021 384 BC, Aristotle, Greek, Quotes by Philosophers

Emmeline Pankhurst Quote: “One baby is a patient baby…”

One baby is a patient baby, and waits indefinitely until its mother is ready to feed it. The other baby is an impatient baby and cries lustily, screams and kicks and makes everybody unpleasant until it is fed. Well, we know perfectly well which baby is attended to first. That is the whole history of politics.

October 23, 2021 1858, Emmeline Pankhurst, English, July 14, Quotes by Activists

John Rawls Quote: “Certainly it is wrong to be…”

Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case.

October 21, 2021 1921, American, February 21, John Rawls, Quotes by Educators

Malcolm X Quote: “In the Muslim world, I had…”

In the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been. That… was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about ‘white men.’

October 16, 2021 1925, American, Malcolm X, May 19, Quotes by Activists

Judith Butler Quote: “Honestly, what can really be said…”

Honestly, what can really be said about ‘the Jewish people’ as a whole? Is it not a lamentable stereotype to make large generalizations about all Jews, and to presume they all share the same political commitments?

October 14, 2021 1956, American, February 24, Judith Butler, Quotes by Philosophers

Nazim Hikmet Quote: “Living is no laughing matter: you…”

Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example – I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.

October 13, 2021 1901, Nazim Hikmet, November 20, Quotes by Poets, Turkish

George Combe Quote: “The same practice was continued every…”

The same practice was continued every evening through the whole course, and with the same success. Many individuals expressed their gratification at having discovered such simple means of relieving the tedium of a long discourse.

September 29, 2021 1788, American, George Combe, October 21, Quotes by Educators

Susan B. Anthony Quote: “The day may be approaching when…”

The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man.

September 27, 2021 1820, American, February 15, Quotes by Activists, Susan B. Anthony

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