Quotes 1621 till 1640 of 2589.
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Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality.
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Perhaps the prevalence of pedantry may be largely accounted for by the common error of thinking that, because useful knowledge should be remembered, any kind of knowledge that is at all worth learning should be remembered too.
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Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
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Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.
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Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.
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Pick up any newspaper or magazine, open the TV, and you'll be bombarded with suggestions of how to have a successful life. Some of these suggestions are deeply unhelpful to our own projects and priorities - and we should take care.
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Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.
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Police officials routinely execute search warrants on private homes and offices, and Congressional offices should not be treated any differently. There cannot be one set of rules for elected officials and another set of rules for everyone else.
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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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Pope John Paul, a man of peace and compassion, was one of the most revered leaders of our time.
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Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.
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Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
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Prayerless people cut themselves off from God's peace and from his prevailing power, and a common result is that they feel overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, and defeated by a world operating with a take-no-prisoners approach.
Source: Too Busy Not to Pray -
Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.
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Precious beyond price are good resolutions. Valuable beyond price are good feelings.
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Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
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Price statistics show clearly that instability in raw-material prices is a prime cause of instability of other prices.
Source: Storage and Stability Part II, Ch. VI, The Question of Price Stability,
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