“A sufficient and sure method of civilization is in the influence of good women.”

1830s, The American Scholar http://www.emersoncentral.com/amscholar.htm (1837)

Source: Christianity and the Social Crisis (1907), Ch.4 Why Has Christianity Never Undertaken the Work of Social Reconstruction?, p. 146
Context: Christianity was rising when the ancient world was breaking down. By the time the Church had gained sufficient power to exercise a controlling influence, the process of social decay, like the breakdown of a physical organism in a wasting disease, was beyond remedy.

Speech, Honolulu (1933), quoted in The Encarta Book of Quotations (2000) edited by Bill Swainson, page 6, Inscribed in stone at the Chicago Public Library reading garden.

Source: Principle-Centered Leadership (1992), Ch. 11
Context: Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. … Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.

Die dem Satz vom Grunde nachgehende ist die vernünftige Betrachtungsart, welche im praktischen Leben, wie in der Wissenschaft, allein gilt und hilft: die vom Inhalt jenes Satzes wegsehende ist die geniale Betrachtungsart, welche in der Kunst allein gilt und hilft.
Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung, Zweiter Band, Ergänzungen zum dritten Buch, para. 36 (1859)
The World as Will and Representation (1819; 1844; 1859)

2010s, 2011, Speech at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (2011)

Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part 1: The Myth of Male Power, p. 79.

As cited in: M.K. Smith (2001) &quot; Kurt Lewin, groups, experiential learning and action research http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-lewin.htm&quot;. In: The Encyclopedia of Informal Education. <br class="br">1940s, Resolving social conflicts; selected papers on group dynamics, 1948

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