#ma

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others. ↗

— Xun Zi

#generous #gentleman #instruct #magnanimous #opens

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. ↗

— Xun Zi

#caused #evil #goodness #human #human nature

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#biography #like #many #men #rich

For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience. ↗

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

#both #experience #game #human #human experience

FDR created today's 30 percent coalition. Obama wants to finish the job by turning it into a permanent ruling majority. There's nothing new about the Obama Narrative. It is the FDR Narrative on steroids. It is intended to lead to greater statism and political gain. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#coalition #created #fdr #finish #gain

The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#around #contrast #earn #economic #enables

Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#contrary #envy #free #free markets #incomes

May we soon enjoy the fruits of our labor in a peaceful and united Germany. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#fruits #germany #labor #may #our

I don't think we're as divided as many in the elite would have us believe. ↗

— Ed Gillespie

#divided #elite #i #many #think

As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy. ↗

— Garth Brooks

#baseball #before #being #could #happy