Principles Quotes - Page 25

The first principle of all action is leisure.

By consequence I hold that no one ever did, or can do, anything for "society."... Comte invented the term altruism as an antonym for egoism, and it found its way at once into everyone's mouth, although it is utterly devoid of meaning, since it points to nothing that ever existed in mankind; This hybrid or rather this degenerate form of hedonism served powerfully to invest collectivism's principles with a specious moral sanction, and collectivists naturally made the most of it.

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

Be firm on principle but flexible on method.

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living principle. Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption also.

Enthusiasm for conservation can be fashioned into a nasty weapon for those who dislike business on general principles.

A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his theory of evolution reactionary Malthusian ideas.

Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.

Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle. ... Positively the principle may be expressed: In matters of the intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard to any other consideration. And negatively: In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable.

The principle of Yoga is the turning of one or of all powers of our human existence into a means of reaching divine Being.

What decides the purpose of life is simply the programme of the pleasure principle. This principle dominates the operation of the mental apparatus from the start. There can be no doubt about its efficacy, and yet its programme is at loggerheads with the whole world, with the macrocosm as much as with the microcosm.

Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.

But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle. [Lat., Sed profecto Fortuna in omni re dominatur; ea res cunctas ex lubidine magis, quam ex vero, celebrat, obscuratque.]

The Democratic Party is now a political mechanism having a genuine political principle: national socialism.

As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about that. After you’ve not fooled yourself, it’s easy not to fool other scientists. You just have to be honest in a conventional way after that.

Chivalry - ...a romantic idealism closely related to Christianity, which makes honor the guiding principle of conduct. Connected with this is the ancient concept of the gentleman.

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.

For the Staffel: attack on principle in groups of four or six. When the fight breaks up into a series of single combats, take care that several do not go for one opponent.

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

When your principles seem to be demanding suicide, clearly it's time to check your premises

It is now a documented principle of psychology that human beings subconsciously move in the direction of their most dominant thought.