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Leon MacLaren Quotes

1910–1994 Scotland

Leon MacLaren (24 September 1910 – 24 June 1994) was British philosopher and the founder of the School of Economic Science (SES). MacLaren was inspired by Henry George, Socrates, Dr Francis Roles, Pyotr Ouspensky, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and finally the philosophy of Advaita Vedānta through the Shankaracharyas of Jyoti Math.

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The first quality of a leader of people – always the first quality – is a devotion to truth.

From praise comes joy, from joy – strength, from strength – virtue, from virtue – purity and from purity comes realization of one’s full potential.

The expression of negative emotions gives rise to endless pain and suffering.

Women really do rule the world, they just haven't figure it yet. When they do, and they will, we're all in big trouble.

When no man steps forward to meet a need, a woman will

I may have been wrong, but I was never in doubt

Some men work to maintain others who labour not. That is unjust.

Wealth owes its existence to labour, not labour to wealth

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Leon MacLaren (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.