— Ali, buch Nahj al-Balagha
Nahj al-Balagha
Attributed
— Ali, buch Nahj al-Balagha
Nahj al-Balagha
„Whoever debases others is debasing himself.“
— James Baldwin, buch The Fire Next Time
Quelle: The Fire Next Time
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German writer, artist, and politician 1749 - 1832
Bk. I, Ch. 5 http://books.google.com/books?id=q4JKAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Whoever+wishes+to+keep+a+secret+must+hide+from+us+that+he+possesses+one%22&pg=PA73#v=onepage
Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre (Journeyman Years) (1821–1829)
— John James Cowperthwaite British colonial administrator 1915 - 2006
March 27, 1968, page 208.
Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council
„Practice himself in order persuade others.“
— Muhammad Ilyas Qadri Founder of Dawat-e-Islami 1950
Official website Muhammad Ilyas Qadr:In Urdu & English( Ameer-E-Ahle-Sunnat Quote http://www.ameer-e-ahlesunnat.net/english/)
— Patricia Briggs, buch Bone Crossed
Quelle: Bone Crossed
— Walter M. Miller, Jr., buch A Canticle for Leibowitz
Ch 6
A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), Fiat Homo
Kontext: It was said that God, in order to test mankind which had become swelled with pride as in the time of Noah, had commanded the wise men of that age, among them the Blessed Leibowitz, to devise great engines of war such as had never before been upon the Earth, weapons of such might that they contained the very fires of Hell, and that God had suffered these magi to place the weapons in the hands of princes, and to say to each prince: "Only because the enemies have such a thing have we devised this for thee, in order that they may know that thou hast it also, and fear to strike. See to it, m'Lord, that thou fearest them as much as they shall now fear thee, that none may unleash this dread thing which we have wrought." But the princes, putting the words of their wise men to naught, thought each to himself: If I but strike quickly enough, and in secret, I shall destroy these others in their sleep, and there will be none to fight back; the earth shall be mine.
Such was the folly of princes, and there followed the Flame Deluge.
— Max Scheler German philosopher 1874 - 1928
Quelle: Das Ressentiment im Aufbau der Moralen (1912), L. Coser, trans. (1961), p. 96
„The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.“
— Anthony de Mello Indian writer 1931 - 1987
Deception
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
Kontext: The feigning sleeper can delude others — he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.
— Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues French writer, a moralist 1715 - 1747
Quelle: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 173.
— Napoleon I of France French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French 1769 - 1821
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Kontext: Dante has not deigned to take his inspiration from any other. He has wished to be himself, himself alone; in a word, to create. He has occupied a vast space, and has filled it with the superiority of a sublime mind. He is diverse, strong, and gracious. He has imagination, warmth, and enthusiasm. He makes his reader tremble, shed tears, feel the thrill of honor in a way that is the height of art. Severe and menacing, he has terrible imprecations for crime, scourgings for vice, sorrow for misfortune. As a citizen, affected by the laws of the republic, he thunders against its oppressors, but he is always ready to excuse his native city, Florence is ever to him his sweet, beloved country, dear to his heart. I am envious for my dear France, that she has never produced a rival to Dante; that this Colossus has not had his equal among us. No, there is no reputation which can be compared to his.
— Menander, Dyskolos
Gorgias.
Dyskolos
Kontext: Even if you were a softy, you took the mattock, you dug,
you were willing to work. In this part he most shows himself a man,
whoever tolerates making himself equal to another,
rich to poor. For this man will bear a change of fortune
with self-control. You have given a sufficient proof of your character.
I wish only that you remain as you are.
„He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.“
— Philip Massinger, The Bondman
The Bondman (1623), Act I, scene iii http://books.google.com/books?id=K0cNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22He+that+would+govern+others+first+should+be+the+master+of+himself%22&pg=PA193#v=onepage.