John Ralston Saul Quotes

Indeed you can usually tell when the concepts of democracy and citizenship are weakening. There is an increase in the role of charity and in the worship of volunteerism. These represent the élite citizen's imitation of noblesse oblige; that is, of pretending to be aristocrats or oligarchs, as opposed to being citizens.

John Ralston Saul

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• All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Work
  • Help
  • Health

• I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion.

  

  Barbara Walters
  • People
  • Time
  • World

• I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Woman
  • Choice
  • Independence

• To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

  

  Samantha Morton
  • You
  • Honest
  • Lazy

• The underdog winning is the romantic position.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Winning
  • Romantic
  • Underdog

• I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • Israel
  • General
  • Prime Minister

• My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Good
  • Home
  • Car

• I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Wish
  • Privacy
  • I Wish

• I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.

  

  Carl Barks
  • Never
  • Boy
  • Old

• Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.

  

  Barbara Sher
  • Real
  • You
  • Obstacles

• My father managed shopping malls when I was a kid, and my high school job was to dress up in an elf costume and take photos of kids sitting on Santa Claus's lap.

  

  Karen Duffy
  • Up
  • School
  • Job

• Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • Enthusiasm
  • Common Sense

• It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.

  

  Dale Turner
  • Character
  • Respect
  • Mistake

• They say an elephant never forgets. Well, you are not an elephant. Take notes, constantly. Save interesting thoughts, quotations, films, technologies... the medium doesn't matter, so long as it inspires you.

  

  Aaron Koblin
  • Long
  • Interesting
  • Thoughts

• Live your lives. Go out; take walks amongst trees.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Live
  • Take
  • Trees

• Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.

  

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo
  • World
  • Heart
  • Power

• The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things.

  

  G. Gordon Liddy
  • You
  • Like
  • Uncle

• If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.

  

  Carl Hiaasen
  • Family
  • Hand
  • Pleasure

• Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men. Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person's qualities but on trust. It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.

  

  Abraham Joshua Heschel
  • Men
  • Heart
  • Knowledge

• Supreme happiness is gained via contentment.

  

  Patanjali
  • Contentment

• Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life.

  

  Jason Mraz
  • Life
  • Great
  • Green

• Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation.

  

  James Weldon Johnson
  • People
  • Justice
  • Charity

• We favor hypotheses for their simplicity and explanatory power, much as the architect of the world might have done in choosing which possibility to create.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • World
  • Done
  • Power

• Indeed you can usually tell when the concepts of democracy and citizenship are weakening. There is an increase in the role of charity and in the worship of volunteerism. These represent the élite citizen's imitation of noblesse oblige; that is, of pretending to be aristocrats or oligarchs, as opposed to being citizens.

  

  John Ralston Saul
  • Democracy
  • Charity