“Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.”
— Irving Babbitt
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“The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.”
— Irving Babbitt
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“A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.”
— Irving Babbitt
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“The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.”
— Irving Babbitt
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“Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.”
— Irving Babbitt
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“Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.”
— Irving Babbitt
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Category: happiness
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