We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.
To make the public sentiment, on the side of all that is just and true and noble, is the highest use of life.
The clearest actions come from truth, not obligation.
If we truly value humanity, life, and all that it represents in its highest form, then we need to do all that we can to promote quality of life over the quantity of life.
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.
No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.