Quotes 25281 till 25300 of 25360.
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The are and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.
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The argument that gay marriage doesn't affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic ways. Religious groups will come under direct assault as federal and state governments move to strip them of their non-profit statuses if they refuse to perform gay marriages.
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The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
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The best swimmers are the ones that almost don't try the most... It's just about relaxing and enjoying it.
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The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have this capacity do not possess it. Warmth of heart, impulsiveness, pity are not enough.
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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The fact that free men persist in the search for the truth is the essential difference between Communism and Democracy.
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The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.
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The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the sense of incompleteness and unfulfillment, and in the uninterrupted struggle both of individuals and humanity.
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The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
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The future is going to be boring. The suburbanisation of the planet will continue, and the suburbanisation of the soul will follow soon after.
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The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
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The logic of the heart is usually better than the logic of the head, and the consistency of sympathy is superior as rule for life to the consistency of the intellect.
Source: Youth and life (1913) -
The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.
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The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
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The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
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The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.
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The most fundamental liberal failure of the current era: the failure to embrace a moral vision of America based on the transcendent faith that human beings are more than the sum of their material appetites, our country is more than an economic machine, and freedom is not license but responsibility.
Source: For Americas Sake, speech 12 December 2006, Moyers on Democracy -
The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.
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