Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

Quote by Josiah Gilbert Holland

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God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest

God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest

The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection.

The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing...

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing...

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil...

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone...

That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from...

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into peoples hearts....

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into peoples hearts....

All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in...

All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop...

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop...

Man is nature's sole mistake.

Man is nature's sole mistake.