Quotes Tagged "individuals"

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. For this reason justice denies that the loss of freedom for some is made right by a greater good shared by others. It does not allow that the sacrifices imposed on a few are outweighed by the larger sum of advantages enjoyed by many. Therefore in a just society the liberties of equal citizenship are taken as settled; the rights secured by justice are not subject to political bargaining or to the calculus of social interests.

Take lightly what you hear about individuals. We need not distort trust for our paltry little political agendas. We tend to trust soulless, carried information more than we trust soulful human beings; but really most people aren't so bad once you sit down and have an honest, one-on-one conversation with them, once, with an open heart, you listen to their explanations as to why they act the way they act, or say what they say, or do what they do.

... unfools of unbeing ... means quite clearly people who are too stereotyped to be eccentric – people who are too dead spiritually to exist at all and who call alive individual fools

The basic element that will distinguish those that are for godliness from those that are promoting ungodliness is if such individuals possess the spirit of godliness and not just a form of it.

The individuals that will stand or speak or act for the sake of the society must be the kind of people that do not accept limitation.

Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since the beginning.

The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals.

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.

Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that's crystal-clear.

Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts.

I'm interested in what motivates individuals to participate in atrocious acts to support their ideological identification.

The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.

Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.