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Truth is not something you can appropriate easily and quickly. You certainly cannot sleep or dream yourself to the truth. No, you must be tried,… — Soren Kierkegaard
Eschew wicked company and associate with saintly persons. Acquire virtue day and night, and always meditate on that which is eternal forgetting that which is… — Chanakya
If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . . — Muriel Spark
Acquire peace of mind by making the effort to become the best of which you are capable. — John Wooden
Happiness is not something you acquire; love is not something you produce; love is not something you have; love is something that has you. — Anthony de Mello
Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit. — Chogyam Trungpa
We often equate charity with visiting the sick, taking in casseroles to those in need, or sharing our excess with those who are less fortunate.… — Marvin J. Ashton
We all, at some point, grow old and acquire other qualities, and these can always be turned to good advantage. — Paulo Coelho
You acquire a new kind of intelligence when you stay away from instant news. — Manu Joseph
Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for… — Hippocrates
You have to acquire a personal peace of mind which comes with understanding. — Sandy Woodward
The more opposition there is, the better. Does a river acquire velocity unless there is resistance? The newer and better a thing is, the more… — Swami Vivekananda
I fully share the Congress's objective of promoting nonproliferation and combating Iran's efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and missile delivery systems. This… — William J. Clinton
We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons. — Dick Cheney
It [the intelligence service] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has existing and active… — Tony Blair
Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are sixteen. — Albert Einstein
Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left… — Garry Trudeau
Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas… — Jared Diamond
I am trying to get the hang of this new fangled writing machine, but I am not making a shining success of it. However, this… — Mark Twain
Nowhere else did repressions, purges, suppressions, and all other kinds of bureaucratic hooliganism in general acquire such horrifying scope as in Ukraine, in the struggle… — Leon Trotsky

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