In his own way each man must struggle, lest the moral law become a far-off abstraction utterly separated from his active life. (Jane Addams)

In his own way each man must struggle, lest the moral law become a far-off abstraction utterly separated from his active life.

Jane Addams

Related topics

abstraction law lest life man way

Related quotes

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. View quote
Edith Wharton
The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from. View quote
Gene Fowler
Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum. View quote
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. View quote
William Wordsworth
Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself. View quote
Havelock Ellis