Quotes 961 till 980 of 1624.
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Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility.
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Recreational development is a job not of building roads into the lovely country, but of building receptivity into the still unlovely human mind.
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Relativity does set limits on what humans can ultimately do. But the universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human aspirations.
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Religion is the dream of the human mind. But even in dreams we do not find ourselves in emptiness or in heaven, but on earth, in the realm of reality; we only see real things in the entrancing splendor of imagination and caprice, instead of in the simple daylight of reality and necessity.
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Remember, every time you open your mouth to talk, your mind walks out and parades up and down the words.
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Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.
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Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.
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Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.
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Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.
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Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.
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Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys one's equilibrium: it is unhealthy to honestly endure the labors of the mind which incessantly contradict what they have just established.
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Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case.
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Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that I had at the time I had to put to the side.
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See yourself confronting your fears in your mind's eye and handling those fears like a champ.
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Sense is a line, the mind is a circle. Sense is like a line which is the flux of a point running out from itself, but intellect like a circle that keeps within itself.
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Servile doubt argues an impotence of mind, that says we fear because we dare not meet misfortunes.
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Set exorbitant standards, and give your people hell when they don't live up to them. There is nothing so demoralizing as a boss who tolerates second rate work.
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