The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection. - Irving Babbitt 1 Share Now -
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. - Irving Babbitt 2 Share Now -
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people. - Irving Babbitt 3 Share Now -
We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration. - Irving Babbitt 4 Share Now -
A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism. - Irving Babbitt 5 Share Now -
A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism. - Irving Babbitt 6 Share Now -
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful. - Irving Babbitt 7 Share Now -
A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism. - Irving Babbitt 8 Share Now -
For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. - Irving Babbitt 9 Share Now -
Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power. - Irving Babbitt 10 Share Now -
