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Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude Picture Quote #1

Nature takes no account of even the most reasonable of human excuses Picture Quote #1

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder Picture Quote #1

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either Picture Quote #1

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of God we call him a sportsman Picture Quote #1

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want Picture Quote #1

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An abundance of some good things is perfectly compatible with the scarcity of others; that life is everywhere precarious, man everywhere small Picture Quote #1

A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, chemistry or animal behaviour Picture Quote #1

The grand paradox of our society is this: we magnify man’s rights but we minimize his capacities Picture Quote #1

Only technology has permitted us to put a city to the sword without quite realizing what we are doing Picture Quote #1

The cockroach and the bird were both here long before we were. Both could get along very well without us, although it is perhaps significant that of the two the cockroach would miss us more Picture Quote #1

Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty Picture Quote #1

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Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned Picture Quote #1

There is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned Picture Quote #1

When, in the present world, men behave well, that is no doubt sometimes because they are creatures of habit as well as, sometimes, because they are reasonable Picture Quote #1

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most Picture Quote #1

Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of something that is not so and logic only the art of going wrong with confidence Picture Quote #1

Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man’s existence Picture Quote #1

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Being the inventor of sex would seem to be a sufficient distinction for a creature just barely large enough to be seen by the naked eye Picture Quote #1

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without Picture Quote #1

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do Picture Quote #1

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is Picture Quote #1

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being Picture Quote #1

Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with that ceremonial grace which is impossible without some affectionate loyalty to traditional form and ceremonies Picture Quote #1

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Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It’s a losing game, but we keep on trying Picture Quote #1

To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone Picture Quote #1

Though we face the facts of sex we are more reluctant than ever to face the fact of death or the crueler facts of life, either biological or social Picture Quote #1

Whenever man forgets that man is an animal, the result is always to make him less humane Picture Quote #1

The mind leaps, and leaps perhaps with a sort of elation, through the immensities of space, but the spirit, frightened and cold, longs to have once more above its head the inverted bowl beyond which may lie whatever paradise its desires may create Picture Quote #1

To be individually righteous is the first of all duties, come what may to ones self, to one’s country, to society, and to civilization itself Picture Quote #1

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Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Nature takes no account of even the most reasonable of human excuses (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of God we call him a sportsman (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) An abundance of some good things is perfectly compatible with the scarcity of others; that life is everywhere precarious, man everywhere small (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, chemistry or animal behaviour (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) The grand paradox of our society is this: we magnify man’s rights but we minimize his capacities (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Only technology has permitted us to put a city to the sword without quite realizing what we are doing (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) The cockroach and the bird were both here long before we were. Both could get along very well without us, although it is perhaps significant that of the two the cockroach would miss us more (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) There is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) When, in the present world, men behave well, that is no doubt sometimes because they are creatures of habit as well as, sometimes, because they are reasonable (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of something that is not so and logic only the art of going wrong with confidence (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man’s existence (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Being the inventor of sex would seem to be a sufficient distinction for a creature just barely large enough to be seen by the naked eye (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with that ceremonial grace which is impossible without some affectionate loyalty to traditional form and ceremonies (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It’s a losing game, but we keep on trying (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Though we face the facts of sex we are more reluctant than ever to face the fact of death or the crueler facts of life, either biological or social (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Whenever man forgets that man is an animal, the result is always to make him less humane (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) The mind leaps, and leaps perhaps with a sort of elation, through the immensities of space, but the spirit, frightened and cold, longs to have once more above its head the inverted bowl beyond which may lie whatever paradise its desires may create (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) To be individually righteous is the first of all duties, come what may to ones self, to one’s country, to society, and to civilization itself (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes)

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