Quotes 181 till 200 of 488.
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In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.
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In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
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In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.
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In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.
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In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest.
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In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.
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In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
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In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.
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In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.
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Indeed many things which we shall not be able to discover either by the experiment of works or by the investigations of reason we shall deserve to be taught by importunate prayer, by the revelation of divine inspiration.
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Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth.
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Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orleans that could make it safe from water, and let the state and city pick the plan that works best for Louisiana.
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It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.
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It is not the citizen, or a taxpayer, or voter, or office-holder, but the cultivated, free individual who is the true aim of all social progress.
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It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.
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It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven.
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It only works because we still amuse each other. After we have been working with other people, it is so refreshing to laugh unreservedly when we are back together again.
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It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come out of such loneliness.
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