I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.
When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror.
Order and reason, beauty and benevolence, are characteristics and conceptions which we find solely associated with the mind of man.
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.
There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
Success is not measured on what you earn, it is how you manage to be happy, benevolent and contented with your life.
It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
Forsake not the friendship of those who have been your staff in adversity, Forget not be benevolence of the blameless.
That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
We both can be the most beautiful and benevolent creatures on the planet, but then there's another side that can be as harsh and as ugly as the darkest thing you could imagine seeing.
I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have benevolent influence on us. Whether they're angels or something else, I'm not sure.
Now this might disturb you, but I find I'm OK by myself; and I don't need you or your benevolence to make sense.
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.
My education was paid for by the RAF Benevolent Fund, so a charity school, run like an orphanage, with uniforms and beatings. It was tough, but it got me to Cambridge - like being a chrysalis suddenly becoming a butterfly.
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
We like where we live and we wanna participate in our neighbourhoods and communities and stuff and try to- we're not like benevolent- it's pretty basic.
It is an oftentimes dangerous world, and not all of the people in it are nice, sweet and benevolent. It is the nature of man to behave otherwise, and we must find leaders who can show us a better way and still maintains a balanced view.
When all that says 'it is good' has been debunked, what says 'I want' remains. (...) The Conditioners, therefore, must come to be motivated simply by their own pleasure. (...) My point is that those who stand outside all judgements of value cannot ha...
Being made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross between a benevolent dictator and benign negligence - you should just let kids crack on with it.
the happiest among us will be most altruistic, most distinct, most benevolent and most awkward to some of us in a way.
