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I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons of his getting elected. But as to whether he really… — Huston Smith
In attacking the young, the liberal, and the black, Daley was in the mainstream of America's mass prejudices. The Democratic party may have suffered by… — Mike Royko
And if a diversion is needed, why not arrest a general? Arthur Dillon is a friend of eminent deputies, a contender for the post of… — Hilary Mantel
Often their rage erupts because they believe that all ways of looking that highlight difference subvert the liberal belief in a universal subjectivity (we are… — Bell Hooks
When you feel yourself in the grip of an emotion such as jealousy or anger or sorrow, detach yourself from it. Take a step back.… — Gary Zukav
Nothing can produce so great a serenity of life as a mind free from guilt and kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes that… — Plutarch
In our day-to-day actions, it is often the small and simple things that will have a long-lasting impact (Alma 37:6-7). What we say, how we… — Per G. Malm
I want to identify what a genuine man doesâ€”the virtues, the habits, the disciplines, the duties, the actions of true manhoodâ€”and then call men to… — Stephen Mansfield
Though I cannot claim to be a Christian in the sectarian sense, the example of Jesus suffering is a factor in the composition of my… — Mahatma Gandhi
Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life. — Bernard of Clairvaux
To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good, or else that it's a well-considered act in… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
In history an additional result is commonly produced by human actions beyond that which they aim at and obtain -- that which they immediately recognize… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
There are men whose language is strong and defying enough, yet their eyes and their actions ask leave of other men to live. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All that is observable in a man-that is to say his actions and such of his spiritual existence as can be deduced from his actions-falls… — E. M. Forster
The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers. I… — John Kendrick Bangs
Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions — Baron de Montesquieu
Across the board, it's infinitely more effective to praise actions that you want to encourage than to punish those you disapprove of. — Jude Bijou
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. — Baron de Montesquieu

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