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It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. — Albert Einstein
According to most philosophers, God in making the world enslaved it. According to Christianity, in making it, He set it free. God had written, not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
And my haunting instinct that somehow good was not merely a tool to be used, but a relic to be guarded, like the goods from… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The great American writer Herman Melville says somewhere in The White Whale that a man ought to be 'a patriot to heaven,' and I believe… — Jorge Luis Borges
I am simultaneously and contradictorily both happy and unhappy: 'to succeed' or 'to fail' have for me only ephemeral, contingent meanings (this does not stop… — Roland Barthes
The Idols of Tribe have their foundation in human nature itself, and in the tribe or race of men. For it is a false assertion… — Francis Bacon
Especially among Christians in positions of wealth and power, the idea of reading the Gospels and keeping Jesus' commandments as stated therein has been replaced… — Wendell Berry
Elodin proved a difficult man to find. He had an office in Hollows, but never seemed to use it. When I visited Ledgers and Lists,… — Patrick Rothfuss
I was remembering the things we had done together, the times we had had. It would have been pleasant to preserve that comradeship in the… — John Christopher
During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me. Remarkably, according to what… — Alan Alda
I laughed. It was just like Owen to make excuses for someone elseâ€™s shortcomings. Even fictional characters. Owen found my tendency to speak my mind… — Rachel Vincent
When you are tempted to get discouraged, remind yourself that according to Godâ€™s word, your future is getting brighter; you are on your way to… — Joel Osteen
(memory is) A strange echo, which stores its replicas according to some other acoustic than consciousness or expectation. — Julio Cortazar
Memory weaves and traps us at the same time according to a scheme in which we do not participate: we should never speak of our… — Julio Cortazar
Learning should take place when it is needed, when the learner is interested, not according to some arbitrary, fixed schedule — Donald A. Norman
Everything in art depends on execution: the story of a louse can be as beautiful as the story of Alexander. You must write according to… — Julian Barnes
Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the afternoon of life. Worse still, we take this step with the false presupposition that our truths and… — Carl Jung
According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly,… — Jonathan Stroud
We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood, and we find that life alters our plans. And yet,… — Ben Okri
Nobodys life ever goes according to plan. So why do we keep on planning? Because that's how we know who we are. By what we… — Orson Scott Card

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