Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in anyone’s head. They are fighting to win material benefits, to live better and in peace, to see their lives go forward, to guarantee the future of their children.
He only profits from praise who values criticism.
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from.
for liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men.
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
The ideal of behaviorism is to eliminate coercion: to apply controls by changing the environment in such a way as to reinforce the kind of behavior that benefits everyone.
Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.
Safe is the land, insecure the sea, greedy the profit