Adam Smith Quotes
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.
Thus bound together, they sheltered the child from the cold, dark night, enveloping him in warmth.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
I didn't just see a child in my dreams—I felt it in my heart.
Helping someone feel they belong is a magic all its own.
Faith is the deepest and truest form of magic.
Every man, woman, and child on this earth is a wandering pilgrim in his or her own way—each searching for a belonging place. That sense of belonging is found only as we care for one another.
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.
To love the creations of the Earth is to worship the Being who created them.
The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another...
In order to defeat the darkness, you must bring it into the light.
A bruised apple is not all bad. It still has tremendous potential.
You cannot defeat darkness by running from it.
The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.
If we have the power and the means, then we must help.
Perhaps we are not really sinners in the hands of an angry God, after all. Perhaps we are all more like seedlings in the hands of a wise gardener.
We always have a choice. Only you can decide what you become.
You can't defeat the darkness by keeping it caged inside of you.
Marriage should liberate, not incarcerate. Real love shouldn't limit a person's potential, it should expand it.
Don't give in to the darkness, for there is so much life ahead of you.
Truth is the greatest strength we have against the darkness.
You cannot defeat darkness by running from it, nor can you conquer your inner demons by hiding them from the world. In order to defeat the darkness, you must bring it into the light.
Do you see the light within yourself? Do you see how you have given it to others?
What can be added to the happiness of man who is in health out of debt and has a clear conscience?
Abandon the idea that you will forever be the victim of the things that have happened to you. Choose to be a victor.
The only way to fight the darkness around us is to light a fire within us.
There are no shortcuts through the wilderness of life.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Have you spent so much time in the darkness that you cannot understand the light?
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
People of the same trade seldom meet together even for merriment and diversion but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public or in some contrivance to raise prices.
Extreme inequality and financial crisis usually coincide. But the elite who cause it usually come out OK. And they are usually man.
We may not be able to control what happens to us, but we can always control how we react.
I have learned that I always feel happier and healthier when I offer genuine love to other people.
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
Where does your soul walk? Does it walk in the sunlit woods or hide in the shadowy forest?
It is only through seeking that we find what we are looking for.
For each of us, there comes a time when we must awaken and become what we were born to become.
One human life is worth more than all the treasures of the earth.
No society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable.
