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Bonum vero commune

Bonum vero commune summam complectitur earum vitae socialis condicionum, quibus homines, familiae et consociationes, suam ipsorum perfectionem plenius atque expeditius consequi possint. Indeed, the common good embraces the sum of those conditions of the social life whereby men, families and associations more adequately and readily may attain their own perfection. Second Vatican Council - from...

Habits

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs a step at a time. Mark Twain – born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from "Pudd"nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins" (Chapter VI, 1884)

Understand, not just tolerate

I am not asking you to merely tolerate each other. Tolerance is for cowards. Being tolerant requires nothing of you, but to be quiet and not make waves, holding tightly to your views and judgments without being challenged. Do not merely tolerate each other. Work hard! Move into uncomfortable territory and seek to understand each other. Randall L. Stephenson Jr. – American telecommunications...

Experience

You want to learn from experience, but you want to learn from other people"s experience when you can. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Q&A session with MBA students at Tuck School of Business, Dartmout (2005)

Everyone is edifying

I have rarely if ever found anyone out of whom I could not extract amusement or edification. Sir Walter Scott - Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian (1771-1832), from his diary, published as "The Journal of Sir Walter Scott", volume 1 (1890)

Generosity

Generosity is taking care of the others. Jean-Pascal Bobst – Swiss mechanical engineer and manager (b. 1965), Quotations book 2019

War without people

Sometime they"ll give a war and nobody will come. Carl Sandburg - American poet and historian (1878-1967), from "The People, Yes" (1936), was used by the Peace movement and changed into "Imagine, it is war and nobody goes there." These words were falsely attributed to Bertolt Brecht..

Kindness

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read. wisdom, often attributed to Mark Twain - born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), could not be verified by the Mark-Twain-collection at the University of Berkeley, first published without an author"s name in "The Ladie‘s Repository" (June 1861), Quotations book 2019

Multiply abilities

It is precisely the organization that is the means to multiply the ability of the individuals. Prof. Guido Stein – Professor of managing at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Madrid (b. 1964), in "Managing People and Organizations: Peter Drucker"s Legacy" (2010)

Happiness

It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it. Dale Carnegie - born Dale Carnagey, American author and personality coach (1888-1955), from "How to Win Friends and Influence People" (1936), Quotations book 2019

Capacities

The capacities which are within a man are greater than he knows and the capacities with which God can endow a man are greater than he dreams. Charles Haddon Spurgeon - English Baptist pastor (1834-1892), from his sermon N° 1690 "Chariots Of Iron" in The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington (September 28, 1882), Quotations book 2019

Innovative Interaction

For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate. Margaret Heffernan – American entrepreneur, author and speaker (b. 1955)

True or new

Men are willing to forego the old for the sake of the new. But commonly it is found in theology that that which is true is not new, and that which is new is not true. Robert Shindler - American Baptist priest, close friend to preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon (c. 1824-1903), from his article "The Down Grade ", published in "Sword and the Trowel" (March 1887), Quotations book...

Valor da libertade

Educate your children, educate yourself, in the love for the freedom of others, for only in this way will your own freedom not be a gratuitous gift from fate. You will be aware of its worth and will have the courage to defend it. Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo - Brazilian politician, historian and journalist, co founder of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (1849-1910), from...

Listen instead of speaking

We have two ears, but one mouth so that we may hear more but speak less. διὰ τοῦτο … δύο ὦτα ἔχομεν, στόμα δὲ ἕν, ἵνα πλείονα μὲν ἀκούωμεν, ἥττονα δὲ λέγωμεν. Zeno of Citium - Greek philosopher (c. 333-c. 261 BC), from "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers" (book seven, Zeno of Citium) by Diogenes Laërtius (Greek historian and doxographer, 3rd...

Счастье

Счастье не в том, чтобы делать всегда, что хочешь, а в том, чтобы всегда хотеть того, что делаешь. Лев Николаевич Толстой - русский писатель (1828-1910), котировки выпуска 2018

False estimation

Most people ignore probabilities and exaggerate risk. Ralf Wanger - American fund manager (b. 1934), from "A Zebra in Lion Country" (1999)

Security

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen Keller - American deaf-blind writer (1880-1968), from "The Open Door" (1957), Quotations book 2018

Position

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King jr. - American civil rights activist and pastor, Nobel Peace Prize 1964 (1929-1968), in his essay "On Being a Good Neighbor" (1963), Quotations book 2018

Accept decisions

Elections belong to the people. It"s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters. wisdom, often attributed to Abraham Lincoln - American politician, 1861-65 16th president (1809-1865), abolished slavery in 1863; the Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield (Illinois) called his authorship unlikely,...