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“... life is moral responsibility. Life is several other things, we do not deny. It is beauty, it is joy, it is tragedy, it is comedy, it is psychical and physical pleasure, it is the interplay of a thousand rude or delicate motions and emotions, it is the grimmest and the merriest motley of phantasmagoria that could appeal to the gravest or the maddest brush ever put to palette; but it is steadily and sturdily and always moral responsibility.” —Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844-1911), novelist, short story writer “By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.” —Franz Kafka (1883-1924), writer “I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.” —Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941), U.S. singer, songwriter “One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.” —P.J. Rourke, U.S. journalist “The one with the primary responsibility to the individual's future is that individual.” —Dorcas Hardy “The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion.” —D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), novelist “To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.” —Deepak K. Chopra (b. 1946), physician, writer “Work is love made visible.” —Khalil Gibran (1883– 1931), artist, poet, and writer “To decide, to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of your life.” —Abbie M. Dale “We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control - for the philosophy of responsibility.” —Barbara Charline Jordan (1936-1996), U.S. member of Congress “We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” —George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), playwright, critic “It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” —Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière (1622-1673), playwright “I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession a duty.” —John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960), oil magnate, philanthropist “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility; never an opportunity.” —Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), poet, author “The price of greatness is responsibility.” —Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, prime minister, author, Nobel Prize winner “Man has responsibility, not power.” —Tuscarora proverb “My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth.” —Toni Cade Bambara (b. 1939), writer “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” —George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), playwright, critic
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