Quotes for All
Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. Edmund Burke
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. Edmund Burke
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites. Edmund Burke
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites…in proportion as they are more disposed to listen to the counsels of the wise and good, in preference to the flattery of knaves. Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be … Read more
Who can doubt that God created us to be happy, and thereto made us to love one another? It is plainly written as Gospel. The heart is sometimes so embittered that nothing but Divine love can sweeten it, so enraged that devotion can only becalm it, and so broken down that it takes all the … Read more
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. Charles Darwin
Religion is defined as belief in and worship of a controlling power and atheism is precisely not that. Bill Maher
Idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion. Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. And atheism is… precisely not that. Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position Bill Maher
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln