"Which is more subversive-and corrosive-to believe in altruism or to see it simply as a cloak of self interest? Even if altruism did not exist, it would be necessary to believe in it. Pessimists in power are prone to despotism."

-- Frank Prochaska

#Believe Quotes #Self Quotes #Volunteer Quotes

“Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.”
“Obama has demonstrated no desire to make tough choices. Americans demand a more efficient, effective government, but his budget calls for more taxes and more spending. It employs deceptive accounting gimmicks but does nothing to tackle long-term entitlement problems, nothing to save Medicare or fix Social Security.”
“You say you can't? Then don't do it. That's all.”
“Improved perception of our somatic feelings not only gives us greater knowledge of ourselves but also enables greater somatic skill, facility, and range of movement that can afford our sensory organs greater scope in giving us knowledge of the world. Besides augmenting our own possibilities of pleasure , such improved somatic functioning and awareness can give us greater power in performing virtuous acts for the benefit of others, since all action somehow depends on the efficacy of our bodily instrument.”
“Amor animi arbitrio sumitu, non ponitur; we choose to love; we do not choose to cease loving.”
“Break the mold! Have the biggest vision you can! If you can't dream it, it cannot occur!”
“Without work men are utterly undone”

Source : Nevil Shute (1991). “Ruined City”
“In the Armed Services Committee, we endeavored to put forth proposals that would help alleviate some of that stress, both for the troops and for their families.”

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