Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Whoever wishes to acquire a deep acquaintance with Nature must observe that there are analogies which connect whole branches of science in… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Surrendered people enjoy life, relish their personal development, and value their friends. They may have an exceptionally good career and be wealthy,… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
I learned to see myself and my role as a capitalist... as somebody who's trying to harness, for myself and for society,… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
The poor wretches have convinced themselves that they are going to be immortal and live for all time, by worshipping that crucified… — Lucian Copy Share Image
God sends such purgations to you, directors of consciences, that you may acquire the science of the saints and the art of… — Paul of the Cross Copy Share Image
To view an object in the proper light we must stand away from it. The study of the classical literatures gives the… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
Each one of us is responsible for the whole of humankind. We need to think of each other really as brothers and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
We must acquire the faith to accept the fact that all knowledge is from God and known to God. Knowledge is released… — Delbert L. Stapley Copy Share Image
English orthography satisfies all the requirements of the canons of reputability under the law of conspicuous waste. It is archaic, cumbrous, and… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
You are challenged to avoid mediocrity, acquire knowledge from the sages of antiquity, the achievements of the scientific present, and the prophets… — John H. Vandenberg Copy Share Image
You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount. Remember,… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
Reckon then that to acquire soul-winning power, you will have to go through mental torment and soul distress. You must go into… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
One might say the computer is being used to program the child. In my vision, the child programs the computer, and in… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
When people buy, rescue, or otherwise acquire a dog from unscrupulous breeders or amateur rescue groups, they are making a decision with… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Some say the antique syndrome surfaced to offset the newness of the land, the homes, and the settlers. Some say the interest… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
Never will I pray for the material things of the world. I am not calling to a servant to bring me food.… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Knowledge cannot be separated from a certain way of life which becomes its living manifestation. To acquire mystical knowledge means to undergo… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
Listen to your beliefs, think about how you learned them, and realize that they are not genetic, nor are they the "only… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
Whatever study tends neither directly nor indirectly to make us better men and citizens is at best but a specious and ingenious… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
If one individual, or one class, can call in the aid of authority to ward off the effects of competition, it acquires… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Striving for longevity through versatility facilitates what we might call an ecological or true materialism. ... we are not truly materialist because… — Juliet B. Schor Copy Share Image
Uncontrollable consumerism has become a watchword of our culture despite regular and compelling calls for its end. The United States has more… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Some people in the art world bemoan the hedge fund millionaires spending freely to acquire ostentatious displays of wealth and coolth for… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Those who create the wealth naturally want to keep it and devote it to their own purposes. Those who wish to expropriate… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
It [the intelligence service] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
For the West, the enemy was not "socialism" but capitalism. How to tame and subdue the polar bear, how to take over… — Michel Chossudovsky Copy Share Image
Shamanism is a path of knowledge, not of faith, and that knowledge cannot come from me or anyone else in this reality.… — Michael Harner Copy Share Image
The living model never answers well the idea or impressions the painter wishes to express; one must, therefore, learn to do without… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
A new species develops if a population which has become geographically isolated from its parental species acquires during this period of isolation… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
I do have a collection of mid-century, small-press science fiction and fantasy hardcovers that is my most focused and dedicated collection. Everything… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
The writer who develops a beautiful style, but has nothing to say, represents a kind of arrested esthetic development; he is like… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
... when all violence subsides in the human heart, the state which remains is love. It is not something we have to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If justice, good faith, honor, gratitude and all the other qualities which enoble the character of a nation, and fulfill the ends… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“A country whose citizens do not read is already late because "reading" is just the first step to wisdom acquisition. Application of… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The Western Idea of practice is to acquire a skill. It is very much related to your work ethic, which enjoins us… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
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