Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams
Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, FBAwas an English moral philosopher. His publications include Problems of the Self, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, Shame and Necessity, and Truth and Truthfulness. He was knighted in 1999...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth21 September 1929
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Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
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In my experience of shame, the other sees all of me and all through me, even if the occasion of shame is on my surface -- for instance, in my appearance; and the expression of shame, in general, as well as in the particular form of it that is embarrassment, is not just the desire to hide, or to hide my face, but the desire to disappear, not to be there. It is not even the wish, as people say, to sink through the floor, but rather the wish that the space occupied by me should be instantaneously empty. With guilt it is not like this. I am more dominated by the thought that even if I disappeared, it would come with me.
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It's a damn good idea. And it's a long overdue idea.
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It sounds like you would be good for housing, but we?re a community treatment team. We?re working with people who have difficulty maintaining a house. You have some depression, and that?s quite understandable. But we?re working with clients with severe mental disabilities. You don?t fall into that category.
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We are potentially looking at tens of thousands of pounds. The Hirst and the McCartney are star lots.
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Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
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We must escape our illusions of correctness to understand the actions and beliefs of others.
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We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
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There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
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If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.
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The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.
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Few things move as quietly as the future.
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If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.
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What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.