Quotes 301 till 320 of 416.
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The point of aim for our vigilance to hold in view is to dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect, to call off the thoughts when running upon disagreeable objects, and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances surrounding us.
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The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.
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The price of training is always a certain trained incapacity: the more we know how to do something, the harder it is to learn to do it differently.
The Conduct of Inquiry -
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays (1997) p. 333 -
The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
The Wisdom of Heschel -
The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move.
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The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.
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The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty.
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The slippery tops of human state, the gilded pinnacles of fate.
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The stone is broken, but the words are alive.
The Zookeepers Wife (2008) -
The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
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The study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy. The study of self-actualizing people must be the basis for a more universal science of psychology
Motivation and Personality (1954) p. 234 -
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
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The thirsty earth soaks up the rain,
And drinks, and gapes for drink again;
The plants suck in the earth, and are
With constant drinking fresh and fair.From Anacreon, ii. Drinking; reported in Bartletts Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). -
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
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The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
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The way to recover the meaning of life and the worthwhileness of life is to recover the power of experience, to have impulse voices from within, and to be able to hear these impulse voices from within - and make the point: This can be done.
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