Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.
Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-MaʿarrīStichwörter: morality ethics morals shame responsibility secular-morality fairness scoundrel scoundrels shameful
There is no experience like having children.’ That’s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.
Mitch AlbomStichwörter: life truth experience love family children responsibility bond having-children
All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world.
Vera NazarianStichwörter: wisdom imagination truth future reality power world stories change power-of-words literature fantasy fiction story storytelling responsibility true change-the-world voice storytellers truths narrative story-telling shaping storyteller narrator responsible voice-of-wisdom
A man who wields a pen has to be accountable to society.
Shūsaku EndōStichwörter: writers responsibility
Hiroshima is like a nakedly exposed wound inflicted on all mankind.
Kenzaburō ŌeStichwörter: responsibility
We naturally try to forget our personal tragedies, serious or trifling, as soon as possible (even something as petty as being scorned or disdained by a stranger on a street corner). We try not to carry these things over to tomorrow. It is not strange, therefore, that the whole human race is trying to put Hiroshima, the extreme point of human tragedy, completely out of mind.
Kenzaburō ŌeStichwörter: history tragedy responsibility
The people of Hiroshima went to work at once to restore human society in the aftermath of the great atomic flood. They were concerned to salvage their own lives, but in the process they also salvaged the souls of the people who have brought the atomic bomb.
Kenzaburō ŌeStichwörter: society responsibility
Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help.
Criss JamiStichwörter: loneliness sympathy crying responsibility actions excuses justification false falsehood wolves complaining wolf whining alarm crying-wolf false-alarm
If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences.
Criss JamiStichwörter: strength strong courage bravery brave attitude responsibility consequences boldness running standing coward commitment face bold guts courageous running-away stand-up boldness-and-attitude man-up stand-up-for-yourself staying-strong
Feel what it's like to truly starve, and I guarantee that you'll forever think twice before wasting food.
Criss JamiStichwörter: experience blessings food conscience guilt responsibility awareness hunger starvation famine guarantee wastefulness granted take-for-granted
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