#greater

Bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya: For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#buddhism #compassion #greater-good #love #tolerance

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#many #nature #ny times #over #senses

To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#evil #fight #greater #infidels #jihad

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity. ↗

— Lamar Alexander

#backgrounds #country #different #different backgrounds #diversity

If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support. ↗

— Clive Anderson

#chancellor #clutches #comes #depriving #escaping

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. ↗

— Aristotle

#any #greater #letter #personal #recommendation

To insult someone we call him "bestial." For deliberate cruelty and nature, "human" might be the greater insult. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#call #cruelty #deliberate #greater #him