Quotes 161 till 180 of 309.
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Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
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Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
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Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It's cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype says. This is Asa Larsson's home turf and I find as much joy in reading her closely observed descriptions of the environment, as in following her intriguing plots.
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Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.
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Often while reading a book one feels that the author would have preferred to paint rather than write; one can sense the pleasure he derives from describing a landscape or a person, as if he were painting what he is saying, because deep in his heart he would have preferred to use brushes and colors.
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Oh, I'm nerdy about science fiction and fantasy and graphic novels and reading, and I'm nerdy about board games. My favorite board game is a board game I'm working on right now. It's a game of Napoleonic era naval warfare, and it's going to be fun.
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Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
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Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight.
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Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.
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Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
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Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.
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Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.
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Reading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
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Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.
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Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software.
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Reading furnishes the mind only with material for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
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Reading groups, readings, breakdowns of book sales all tell the same story: when women stop reading, the novel will be dead.
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