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Christianity is alone in thinking that sex is entirely the Devil's business and an offence to God, This is a strange doctrine and almost implies… — Robert Anton Wilson
Cursed be he above all others Who's enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers, Money takes the place of parents, Money… — Anacreon
The main motive for nonattachment is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is… — George Orwell
To dance, above all, is to enter into the motions of life. It is an action, a movement, a process. The dance of life is… — Unknown Author
You must achieve the confidence of knowing that you possess absolute, unbending, unimpeachable integrity. Everyone must know that. Above all else, it is integrity that… — Unknown Author
Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all beings,… — Gautama Buddha
Tibetans look at a person who holds himself above others, believing he is better than others and knows more, and they say that person is… — B. Alan Wallace
As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in… — Gautama Buddha
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as… — Gautama Buddha
Let the disciple cultivate love without measure towards all beings. Let him cultivate towards the whole world, above, below, around, a heart of love unstinted....For… — Gautama Buddha
Over and above the political, economic, sociological, and international implications of racial prejudices, their major significance is that they place unnecessary burdens upon human beings. — Kenneth Clarke
The dark ghettos are social, political, educational and-above all-economic colonies. Their inhabitants are subject peoples, victims of the greed, cruelty, insensitivity, guilt, and fear of… — Kenneth Clarke
Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world… — Socrates
If we observe genuinely happy people, we shall find that they do not just sit around being contented. They make things happen. They pursue new… — Sonja Lyubomirsky
To place your horse's need for you to let him leave his failing body above your need to keep him with you - that -… — Unknown Author
Above all, Vietnam was a war that asked everything of a few and nothing of most in America. — Unknown Author
The world has forgotten, in its concern with Left and Right, that there is an Above and Below. — Unknown Author
This is the freeing truth you can learn through your depression: You weren't created to love and worship anything more than you love and worship… — Elyse Fitzpatrick
Above all, look for the loving, which is how all of this works. Without love, no matter what else we have, it will not work.… — Roger Delano Hinkins
The function of the wing is to take what is heavy and raise it up in the region above. — Plato
Human beings are 'emotional amoral egoists,' driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined for… — Nayef Al-Rodhan
The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises and passes away.'… — Gautama Buddha
The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo. No wonder it… — Jane Grigson
Come and see...place no head above your own — Gautama Buddha
To become wholly compassionate requires us to open our eyes and hearts, to behold the pain and exploitation our culture obscures, to arouse deadened emotions,… — Joanne Stepaniak

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