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The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color; there is nothing more to… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
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Atheism: It seeks to replace in itself the moral power of religion, in order to appease the spiritual thirst of parched humanity… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
If the windows of your spirit are dirty, and streaked, covered with matter foreign to them, then the world as you look… — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
True, this world of ours is full of hatred and disbelief, but that is no reason why we should not love and… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
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When you climb a ladder and arrive on the sixth step and you think that is the highest, then you cannot come… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The worth of men consists in their liability to persuasion. They can persuade and can be persuaded by the disclosure of alternatives,… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
I can take this real world and superimpose upon it the world of illusion (which isn't, really), in order to either fix… — Silver RavenWolf Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state can sometimes be frustrating for women and men of deep religious faith. They may be tempted… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Through our evolution, we're so specialized for social interaction. So, if you can really design robots that can interact with people, in… — Cynthia Breazeal Copy Share Image
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would have to be at least one… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
We also heard the usual old nonsense that banning hunting would affect employment if we abolished crime we would put all the… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
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I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
You know, we've got to be able to understand that in order to curb their behavior, we've got to be accountable as… — Jo Frost Copy Share Image
The established order has too many self-protecting economic entities, and not enough people who yet understand what it takes to change. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
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In order to succeed, this group will need a singleness of purpose, they will need a dedication, and they will have to… — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
I should always train in order to be at a higher level. Other fighters are training hard as well. I have to… — Tomoki Kameda Copy Share Image
Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Within itself the soul sees all things more truly than as they exist in different things outside itself. And the more it… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
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The SSRC committee turned attention from team research for building a model of the United States to doing one for world trade… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lead… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
My workspace is a white room with a big computer monitor and a light box. It can be very messy. Sometimes I… — Catherine Martin Copy Share Image
Arrogant or critical people are often people with low self-esteem who are afraid of taking risks. That's because, if you learn something… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
One of my key realizations about happiness, and a point oddly under-emphasized by positive psychologists, given its emphasis in popular culture, is… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I am inherently a little brother - that's just my nature. It has to do with my sister being very strong and… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Perhaps fiction has, for me, served a similar purpose--what is a narrative arc if not the imposition of order on disparate events?--and… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
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Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image