This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Constant activity in doing good, and endeavoring to make others happy, is one of the surest ways of making ourselves so.
Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others.
It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths as to root out old errors, for there is this paradox in men: they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old... A truth that is merely acquired from others only clings to us as a limb added to the body, or as a false tooth, or a wax nose. A truth we have acquired by our own mental exertions, is like our natural limbs, which really belong to us. This is exactly the difference between an original thinker and the mere learned man.
Others. What will they think of this? What will they say to that? So others arise. When there are others there’s I. In truth there just IS. Isness alone is; no others, no I, only a dance, a rhythm, only a being.
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Ayn Rand, born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum
Man - every man - is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others. He must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing other to himself; he must work for his rational self-interest, with achievement of his own happiness as the highest moral purpose of his life.
Achievement | Ends | Life | Life | Man | Means | Purpose | Purpose | Self | Self-interest | Work | Happiness |
Ayn Rand, born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum
Altruism declares that any action taken for the benefit of others is good, and any action taken for one's own benefit is evil. Thus the beneficiary of an action is the only criterion of moral value - and so long as that beneficiary is anybody other than oneself, anything goes.
A man of honor should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
Ayn Rand, born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum
Altruism declares that any action taken for the benefit of others is good, and any action taken for one's own benefit is evil. Thus the beneficiary of an action is the only criterion of moral value -- and so long as that beneficiary is anybody other than oneself, anything goes.
Ayn Rand, born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum
My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own purpose. Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds. I am not a sacrifice on their altars.
All men are idolaters, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure.
Fame | Men | Pleasure | Self | Self-interest |
You're not free in life until you are free of wanting others approval.
Black Elk, formallly Heȟáka Sápa NULL
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is known that true peace, which, as I have often said, is within the souls of men.
Important | Men | Nations | Oneness | Peace | People | Relationship | Universe | Understand |
Billy Graham, formally William Franklin "Billy" Graham
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened.
Some are atheists by neglect; others are so by affectation; they that think there is no God at some times do not think so at all times.
Affectation | God | Neglect | God | Think |