"The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in some sense, his activities have contributed to society."

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John Maynard Keynes

#Long Quotes #Gains Quotes #Bears Quotes

“According to the disease theory of delinquency, the arsonist has 'pyromania,' the thief 'kleptomania,' and Bill Clinton is not promiscuous, but a 'sex-addict.”
“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”

Source : Albert Schweitzer (1966). “The Teaching of Reverence for Life”
“Exchange the bad habit of worrying with the excellent habit of trusting God.”

Source : Elizabeth George (2009). “Breaking the Worry Habit...Forever!: God's Plan for Lasting Peace of Mind”, p.20, Harvest House Publishers
“The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.”

Source : Philip Gourevitch (2015). “We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Picador Classic”, p.122, Pan Macmillan
“One must choose between loving women and knowing them.”
“Youth is the trustee of prosperity.”
“The life of the nation is shot through with a certain falseness and hypocrisy, which are all the more tragic because they are so often subconscious rather than deliberate ... The soul of the people is putrescent, and until that becomes regenerate and clean, no good work can be done.”
“How intense could you be? Can you be intense enough to pick this 500Lbs off the floor? Are you intense enough to pick this 700Lbs up? Squat down to the floor and stand back up? So what if your eyes are bloodshot! So what if your bones feel like snapping!Â WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO!”

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