What does it matter how cultivated and up-to-date we are, or how many thousands of books we’ve read? What matters is how… — Gabriel Zaid Copy Share Image
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A great and frequent error in our judgment of human nature is to suppose that those sentiments and feelings have no existence,… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
In their field they [mathematicians] do what we ought to be doing in ours. Therein lies the significant lesson ... of their… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
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The investor has the benefit of the stock market's daily and changing appraisal of his holdings, 'for whatever that appraisal may be… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
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Above all, creators remain drawn to the age-old paradoxes that philosophy grapples with [and]...that art occasionally resolves...the problem of the one and… — Frank Barron Copy Share Image
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Our own theory is that sin was ordained only in view of redemption, and that accordingly redemption shows forth as the gain… — Friedrich Schleiermacher Copy Share Image
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Grace is a much more accurate word to use when dealing with the state of human existence. God gives us unmerited favor… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
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Exposed! shines a harsh light on the myriad horrors of modern society and reports back from the fearful frontlines with wicked wit… — Jeremy Robert Johnson Copy Share Image
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I wish to say to you that the life of an enlightened people and a vibrant nation cannot be measured by the… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
. . . we have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own minds. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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It might be comforting to assume that intolerance is an aberration within Islam but discrimination against Christians or any other non-Muslim is… — Michael Coren Copy Share Image
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Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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