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Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life. — Marcus Aurelius
To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in… — H. P. Blavatsky
Our natural state of being is in relationship, a tango, a constant state of one influencing the other. Just as the subatomic particles that compose… — Lynne McTaggart
The more power a government has the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires of the elite, and the more it… — Rudolph Rummel
The brain seems a thoroughfare for nerve-action passing its way to the motor animal. It has been remarked that Life's aim is an act not… — Charles Scott Sherrington
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast," and is as necessary to life as the act of breathing. — Lewis Howard Latimer
It appears to me that those who rely simply on the weight of authority to prove any assertion, without searching out the arguments to support… — Vincenzo Galilei
Mathematics is a form of poetry which transcends poetry in that it proclaims a truth; a form of reasoning which transcends reasoning in that it… — Salomon Bochner
In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a necessary part of… — Joel Barlow
The act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation. — Francisco Goya
But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the glory of God… — Arthur Leonard Schawlow
What is the ultimate solution to the origin of the Universe? The answers provided by the astronomers are disconcerting and remarkable. Most remarkable of all… — Robert Jastrow
Science and religion are very much alike. Both are imaginative and creative aspects of the human mind. The appearance of a conflict is a result… — John Eccles
God created the universe out of nothing in an act which also brought time into existence. Recent discoveries, such as observations supporting the Big Bang… — Henry Margenau
When you act like a teacher, it's usually because you're afraid to be the student. — Byron Katie
I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of… — Thomas Jefferson
The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters. — Gloria Steinem
Servant-leadership is more than a concept, it is a fact. Any great leader, by which I also mean an ethical leader of any group, will… — M. Scott Peck
An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude — Charles Caleb Colton
One good act of vengeance deserves another. — John Jefferson

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