Lead the people with governmental measures and regulate them by law and punishment, and they will avoid wrongdoing but have no sense of honour and shame. Lead them with virtue and regulate them by the rules of propriety, and they will have a sense of shame and, moreover, set themselves right. Continue reading Confucius (551 BC-479 BC), on Leadership ::
[To] hold that rulers and ministers act toward each other like father and son and consequently there will necessarily be orderly government, is to imply that there are no disorderly fathers and sons. Continue reading Han Feizi (280 BC-233 BC), on Fathers and Sons ::
Masters of the very first order can be recognised by the following characteristic: in all matters great and small they know with perfect assurance how to find the end, whether it be the end of a melody or the end of a thought, whether it be the fifth act of a tragedy or the end of a political action. The very best of the second-in-rank … Continue reading Friedrich Nietszche (1844-1900), on Masters ::
Reproduction, birth, and death are inextricably linked … The act of coitus, considered not only psychologically but also ethically and biologically, is akin to murder. Continue reading Otto Weininger (1880-1903), on Sex and Death ::
Here is the real core of the religious problem: Help! help! Continue reading William James (1842-1910), on the Religious Problem ::
Childhood is the most vile and abject state of human nature, after that of death. Continue reading Pierre de Bérulle (1575-1629), on Childhood ::
