Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I realize that after decades of positive thinking the notion of realism, of things as they are, may seem a little quaint.… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“Hope is one of the theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not, as some… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
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Anyone who clings to the historically untrue-and thoroughly immoral-doctrine that, 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure the ghosts of… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
The con is a kind of jiu-jitsu that turns the sucker's own greed into its principal weapon. The greedier you are the… — Luc Sante Copy Share Image
By choosing better feeling thoughts and by speaking more of what you do want and less of what you don't want, you… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
“When I was ten years old, one of my friends brought a Shaleenian kangaroo-cat to school one day. I remember the way… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
“Of course, I quite agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable comfort. But it does… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Things I've Learned About Life... 1. Happy endings are for fairy tales. 2. Love is a word that gets thrown around and… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Use whatever excuse you can to vibrate in harmony with those things you've been saying you want. And when you do, those… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
The cure-alls of the present day are infinitely various and infinitely obliging. Applied psychology, autosuggestion, and royal roads to learning or to… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“Are you really surprised by the endurance of religion? What ideology is likely to be more durable than one that conforms, at… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
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“There is a sense in which all cognition can be said to be motivated. One is motivated to understand the world, to… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
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Hope is one of the Theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“ I now pronounce you husband and wife. I hadn’t considered the kiss. Not once. I suppose I’d assumed it would be… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
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According to Hindu cosmology, we're in the kali yuga, a dark period when the cow of history is balanced precariously on one… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
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I feel that we should stop wasting our time trying to please the supernatural and concentrate on improving the welfare of human… — Ruth Hurmence Green Copy Share Image
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“Christian legend later claimed that Peter also went to Rome and there became head of the Christian community, that is, a bishop.… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
About God, I cannot accept any concept based on the authority of the Church... As long as I can remember. I have… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Man fails to do the works of Jesus Christ because he attempts to accomplish them from his present level of consciousness. You… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
I am not talking to you from the point of view of just wishful thinking, or imaginary craziness. I'm talking to you… — Fred Alan Wolf Copy Share Image
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