Michael Josephson Commentary

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.
– Henry David Thoreau, author, naturalist (1817-1862)
The generous who is always just, and the just who is always generous, may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.
– Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet (1741-1801)
Fraud and falsehood dread examination. Truth invites it.
– Thomas Cooper, political philosopher (1759-1851)
Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
– Frederick Douglass, statesman, reformer (1818-1895)
There’s no such thing as being nonjudgmental. Refusing to judge is itself a judgment that values don’t matter. It prevents us from appreciating the moral distinction between Mother Teresa and Saddam Hussein.
– Michael Josephson