"One is apt to think of moral failure as due to weakness of character: more often it is due to an inadequate ideal."

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Source : Richard Livingstone (2013). “On Education”, p.153, Cambridge University Press

Richard Livingstone

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Weakness Quotes

“The huge arrogance of the companies developing GMO crops and their determination to destroy the line of accountability which links the developer to the product is breath-taking. When something goes wrong, as it inevitably will, there will be a great benefit to those who have taken a stance against genetically modified organisms.”
“Lasting peace is sought, it is essential to adopt international measures to improve the lot of the masses. The welfare of the entire human race must replace hunger and oppression. People of the world must be taught to give up envy, avarice and rancour.”
“Reader, pray that soon this Iron Age Will crumble, and Beauty escape the rusting cage.”
“Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it - which of these two attitudes is the least destructive?”
“It was a small town: Ferguson, Ohio. When you entered there was a big sign and it said, "Welcome to Ferguson. Beware of the Dog." The all-night drugstore closed at noon.”
“I need advice and opinion-honest opinion. I want to get better. Why go around with blinkers on?”
“You can't just build a huge chest and arms. You need to work out your body evenly. Otherwise, A, you'll look weird, and B, it's not the best for your body.”
“I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society.”

Source : "An Interesting Walk Through Counterculture" by Al Seckel, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2009.

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