"The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service."

-- Irving Babbitt

#World Quotes #Affair Quotes #Humanitarian Quotes

“Teaching is a very effective way to get children to learn something specific - this tube squeaks, say, or a squish then a press then a pull causes the music to play. But it also makes children less likely to discover unexpected information and to draw unexpected conclusions.”
“I would get a lot of writing done if I lived in isolation in a cave under a swamp.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 22, 2014
“How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He ruins is present while worrying about his future - but weeps in the future by recalling his past. He lives as though death shall never come to him - but dies in a way as if he were never born.”
“Everything looks different when you're older, not staring up at the world but down upon it.”
“To kill nothing, that is love.”
“Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt. We don't need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool's players keeps them motivated.”
“The transitory interests of royal houses may be advanced in war; the real interests of all people are furthered by the peace.”

Source : "Man, the State, and War". Book by Kenneth Waltz (Chapter IV "The Second Image", p. 98), 1959.
“It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.”

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