Quotes with mind-set

Quotes 1621 till 1624 of 1624.

• To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.

  Simone Weil
  French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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• Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

  Helen Keller
  American writer (1880 - 1968)
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• Why is it that reality, when set down untransposed in a book, sounds false?

  Simone Weil
  French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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• Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  American poet, writer and critic (1809 - 1849)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• untransposed
• magnanimity
• kindliness
• requires
• scarcely
• balance

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