"He who seeks truth should be of no country."
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"Unity should be the cornerstone of relations"
"Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?"
"Our goal should be to understand our differences."
"We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas."
"Votes should be weighed not counted."
"In God there is an infinitude of things which I cannot comprehend, nor possibly even reach in any way by thought; for it is the nature of the infinite that my nature, which is finite and limited, should not comprehend it."
"If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks."
"The higher our position the more modestly we should behave."
"The child should live in an environment of beauty."
"Sadism is all right in its place, but it should be directed to proper ends."
"We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means."
"Circumstances should never alter principles!"
"The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision."
"A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong."
"The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth."
"He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war."
"An instructor should exemplify the things he seeks to teach. It will be of great advantage if you yourself can do all you ask of your students and more."
"Desription should be very brief and have an incidental nature."
"I get the reason that you should be willing to negotiate sometimes. But you also ought to be willing to throw a punch."