Quotes 6541 till 6560 of 10591.
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Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.
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Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling.
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Reason gains all men, by compelling none.
Mercy was always Heaven's distinguished mark:
And he, who bears it not, has no friend there.Alzira (1736) Act I, Sc. 1 -
Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.
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Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
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Recognize the cunning man not by the corpses he pays homage to but by the living writers he conspires against with the most shameful weapon, Silence, or the briefest review.
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Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.
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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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Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Sketches by Boz (1836-1837) Characters, Ch. 2 : A Christmas Dinner -
Reform is a process, and not an event.
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Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.
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Regression to the stage of early infancy is not a suitable method in and of itself. Such a regression can only be effective if it happens in the natural course of therapy and if the client is able to maintain adult consciousness at the same time.
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Relationships do not happen in abstraction. They need a place; they need a centre, even a home.
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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 has nothing to do with God. It's a fundamental attitude of human beings, who ask about the origins of life and what happens after death. For many, the answer is a personal god. In my opinion, it's religion that produces God, not the other way round.
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Religion I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor.
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Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.
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Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ''lives'' his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
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Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.
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Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.
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