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It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.… — Mahatma Gandhi
You may not believe in evolution, and that is all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important… — Jane Goodall
There are only two possible explanations as to how life arose: Spontaneous generation arising to evolution or a supernatural creative act of God.... There is… — George Wald
Do not seek fame. Do not make plans. Do not be absorbed by activities. Do not think that you know. Be aware of all that… — Zhuangzi
Regulators have not been able to achieve the level of future clarity required to act pre-emptively. The problem is not lack of regulation but unrealistic… — Alan Greenspan
Without doubt one is allowed to resist against the unjust aggressor to one's life, one's goods or one's physical integrity; sometimes, even 'til the aggressor's… — Thomas Aquinas
Jesus died to save men - a small thing for an immortal to do - and didn't save many, anyway. But if he had been… — Mark Twain
One is the path of devotion, what in India is called BHAKTI yoga, the path of love and devotion - a Meera, a Chaitanya, dancing… — Rajneesh
My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will. — William James
The man who is asleep reacts; he knows nothing of action. And reaction is a binding: it binds you into new prisons, new chains. Response… — Rajneesh
Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves are an act… — Richard Rohr
I feel that 'man-hating' is an honourable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing… — Robin Morgan
However you look at it, in these books "power" tends to be an expression of the essential nature of the person or being whose power… — Stephen R. Donaldson
If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, an ewe, or a camel, their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their… — Ruhollah Khomeini
Bring awareness to each act. Walking on the road, walk fully alert; eating, eat with awareness. Whatsoever you are doing, don't let the past and… — Rajneesh
America rejects bigotry. We reject every act of hatred against people of Arab background or Muslim faith America values and welcomes peaceful people of all… — George W. Bush
We can never obtain peace in the world if we neglect the inner world and don't make peace with ourselves. World peace must develop out… — Dalai Lama
Being Kind Not in some great deed of heroism; not in some great speech or act that may be pointed to with pride-but rather in… — Edgar Cayce
Service rendered as a gift or love-offering to Life: work that is engaged in, not for self or for profit, but as an act of… — Henry Thomas Hamblin

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