Quotes 801 till 820 of 1159.
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The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.
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The simple act of playing positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
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The simplest and most effective way to sanctity is to disapppear into the background of ordinary everyday routine.
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The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.
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The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions.
Leviathan (1651) XV -
The spiritual is the parent of the practical.
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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
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The subjective mind is entirely under the control of the objective mind. With the utmost fidelity it reproduces and works out to its final consequences whatever the objective mind impresses upon it.
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The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
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The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.
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The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
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The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.
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The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
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