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Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The experience of the irrationality of the world

The experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolution. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: One may attain salvation in any walk of

One may attain salvation in any walk of life; on — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: spirit of capitalism is best understood as part

spirit of capitalism is best understood as part of the development of rationalism as a whole, — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: All knowledge of cultural reality, as may be

All knowledge of cultural reality, as may be seen, is always knowledge from particular points of view. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The decisive means for politics is violence.

The decisive means for politics is violence. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The fully developed bureaucratic apparatus compares with other

The fully developed bureaucratic apparatus compares with other organisations exactly as does the machine with the non-mechanical modes of production. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The ethic of conviction and the ethic of

The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to one another. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Daily and hourly, the politician inwardly has to

Daily and hourly, the politician inwardly has to overcome a quite trivial and all-too-human enemy: a quite vulgar vanity. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are

One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By David Graeber: As Max Weber long ago pointed out, once

As Max Weber long ago pointed out, once one sets up a genuinely effective bureaucracy, it's almost impossible to get rid of it. — David Graeber

Max Weber Quotes By Richard Lachmann: Power, as Max Weber wrote, is the ability

Power, as Max Weber wrote, is the ability to make others do what you want them to do and what they wouldn't do otherwise. — Richard Lachmann

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Charisma is the gift from above where a

Charisma is the gift from above where a leader knows from inside himself what to do. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: That in East Prussia Frederick William I tolerated

That in East Prussia Frederick William I tolerated the Mennonites as indispensable to industry, — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The final result of political action often, no

The final result of political action often, no regularly, stands in completely inadequate and often even paradoxical relation to its original meaning. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Not everyone realises that to write a really

Not everyone realises that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intellectually as the achievement of any scholar. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Every scientific fulfillment raises new questions; it asks

Every scientific fulfillment raises new questions; it asks to be surpassed and outdated. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The ultimately possible attitudes toward life are irreconcilable,

The ultimately possible attitudes toward life are irreconcilable, and hence their struggle can never be brought to a final conclusion. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: It is not true that good can only

It is not true that good can only follow from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is true. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Politics means striving to share power or striving

Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The conceptions of idle talk, of superfluities, and

The conceptions of idle talk, of superfluities, and of vain ostentation, all designations of an irrational attitude without objective purpose, thus — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Erik Larson: In an analogy that would prove all too

In an analogy that would prove all too apt, Max Weber likened the city to a human being with his skin removed. — Erik Larson

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: ...Material goods have gained an increasing and finally

...Material goods have gained an increasing and finally inexorable power over the lives of men as at no previous period in history. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: 'Culture' is a finite segment of the meaningless

'Culture' is a finite segment of the meaningless infinity of the world process, a segment on which human beings confer meaning and significance. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The Truth is the Truth.

The Truth is the Truth. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Laws are important and valuable in the exact

Laws are important and valuable in the exact natural sciences, in the measure that those sciences are universally valid. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Within the confines of the lecture hall, no

Within the confines of the lecture hall, no other virtue exists but plain intellectual integrity. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: One cannot prescribe to anyone whether he should

One cannot prescribe to anyone whether he should follow an ethic of absolute ends or an ethic of responsibility. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Power is the chance to impose your will

Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The purely emotional form of Pietism is, as

The purely emotional form of Pietism is, as Ritschl has pointed out, a religious dilettantism for the leisure class. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Man does not by nature wish to earn

Man does not by nature wish to earn more and more money. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The radical elimination of magic from the world

The radical elimination of magic from the world allowed no other psychological course than the practice of worldly asceticism. Since — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The summum bonum of this [Puritan] ethic is

The summum bonum of this [Puritan] ethic is the earning of more and more money combined with the strict avoidance of all enjoyment. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: In practice this means that God helps those

In practice this means that God helps those who help themselves . Thus — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: ... Whenever the man of science introduces his

... Whenever the man of science introduces his personal value judgment, a full understanding of the facts ceases. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Either one lives 'for' politics or one lives

Either one lives 'for' politics or one lives 'off' politics. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Wesley's anti-Calvinistic faction within the movement with its

Wesley's anti-Calvinistic faction within the movement with its doctrine that grace could be lost. The — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it

Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be verified. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The process of sanctifying life could thus almost

The process of sanctifying life could thus almost take on the character of a business enterprise. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The organization of ofices follows the principle of

The organization of ofices follows the principle of hierarchy ... each lower office is under the control and supervision of a higher one — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity

Specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Nothing is worthy of man as man unless

Nothing is worthy of man as man unless he can pursue it with passionate devotion. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Weber,... argues that... personal bias should not preclude

Weber,... argues that... personal bias should not preclude the scientific ascertainment of objective historical facts. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Seest thou a man diligent in his business?

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings (Prov. xxii. 29). — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: A highly developed stock exchange cannot be a

A highly developed stock exchange cannot be a club for the cult of ethics. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: A government is an institution that holds a

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: After industry and frugality, nothing contributes more to

After industry and frugality, nothing contributes more to the raising of a young man in the world than punctuality and justice in all his dealings; — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: The fate of our times is characterized by

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Rational conduct on the basis of the idea

Rational conduct on the basis of the idea of calling, was born... from the spirit of Christian asceticism. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Causal analysis provides absolutely no value judgment, and

Causal analysis provides absolutely no value judgment, and a value judgment is absolutely not a causal explanation. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: He must be stilled in order to create

He must be stilled in order to create that deep repose of the soul in which alone the word of God can be heard. Of — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Every type of purely direct concrete description bears

Every type of purely direct concrete description bears the mark of artistic portrayal. — Max Weber

Max Weber Quotes By Max Weber: Beware of thinking all your own that you

Beware of thinking all your own that you possess, and of living accordingly. It is a mistake that many people who have credit fall into. — Max Weber