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selfish character government
If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have a system of mendicancy [begging] such as the world never knew”. After a million had starved to death he stated “The great evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people. Charles Trevelyan
selfish real character
The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.
self roots african-american
Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up wrongs of centuries; but they languish at times, while the love of self works on ceaselessly, unwearyingly,burrowing always at the very root of life, and heaping up fresh wrongs for other centuries to sweep away. Charles W. Chesnutt
selfish opportunity people
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. Charles Dudley Warner
self people all-time
The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering. Charles de Gaulle
self self-knowledge
By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged. Charles de Lint
self-confidence world conquer
The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour. Charles Dickens
self words-of-wisdom crowns
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money!
self cells knaves
Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another; by the self-tormentors of the cell, and the all-tormentors of the conclave! Charles Caleb Colton
spirituality openness
Faith is, above all, openness; an act of trust in the unknown. Alan Watts
spirituality reborn gods-will
God will become visible as God's image is reborn in you. Bernard of Clairvaux
spirituality paramount
Spirituality has played an amazing part. Its been paramount in my life. Chaka Khan
spirituality sensuality gross
Nothing is more repulsive than a furtively prurient spirituality; it is just as unsavory as gross sensuality. Carl Jung
spirituality states activity
Spirituality practiced in the state of activity is incomparably superior to that practiced in a state of withdrawel. Anthony de Mello
spirituality ethical existence
Ethical existence [is] the highest manifestation of spirituality. Albert Schweitzer
spirituality communion communion-with-god
Only through love can we obtain communion with God.
spirituality obvious
That I am not my experiences is very obvious. I am the one who is having those experiences. Spirituality has nothing to do with experience. Deepak Chopra
spirituality immense within-you
The more you recognize the immense good within you, the more you magnetize immense good around you. Alan Cohen
wealth claims
Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth. David Korten
wealth-of-knowledge long secret
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. That new, that personal, vision is attained only by looking long enough at the object represented to make it the writer's own; and the mind which would bring this secret gem to fruition must be able to nourish it with an accumulated wealth of knowledge and experience. Edith Wharton
wealth lost mediums
In the same manner if any nation wasted part of its wealth, or lost part of its trade, it could not retain the same quantity of circulating medium which it before possessed. David Ricardo
wealth source-of-happiness used
Wealth is only a source of happiness when it is used to do good for others Denis Waitley
wealth easy matrimony
There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony. Anthony Trollope
wealth-creation financial assets
If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money. Bill Gross
wealth obscene regard
It is morally obscene to regard wealth as an anonymous, tribal product and to talk about 'redistributing' it. Ayn Rand
wealth-creation favour prosperity
So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy. Boris Johnson
wealth source process
The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions. Charles Babbage