This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: First, to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning displ...ay or extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and, after doing so, to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer, and strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community--the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience and ability to administer, doing for them better than they would or could do for themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The modern world needs people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty; who... are able to tolerate ambiguity and not be driven by fear into a rigid, single-solution approach to problems, who are rational, foresightful and who look for facts; who can draw inferences and can control their behavior in the light of foreseen consequences, who are altruistic and enjoy doing for others, and who understand social forces and trends.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am absent altogether too much to be a suitable instructor for a law-student. When a man has reached the age that Mr. Widner has,... and has already been doing for himself, my judgment is, that he reads the books for himself without an instructor. That is precisely the way I came to the law.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is not alone the fact that women have generally had to spend most of their strength in doing for others that has handicapped th...em in individual effort; but also that they have almost universally had to care wholly for themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The difference between humans and other organisms is that humans, having discerned something of how evolution works, are now able ...to confront their choices consciously. That is not the same as saying that we can now control evolution. I don't know how much of a difference it is in effect: we may be able to perceive our choices and still be unable to choose and act. By overpopulating the planet as we are now doing, for example, we are making an evolutionary choice just as unplanned as that of our hominid ancestors when they began cracking antelope and other hominids over the head with sticks. Nevertheless, we do differ from the first hominids in our having some notion of the implications of our behavior.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
O, this life Is nobler than attending for a check;... Richer than doing nothing for a bauble; Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As for doing good, that is one of the professions which are full. Moreover, I have tried it fairly, and ... am satisfied that it d...oes not agree with my constitution.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »