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Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the companion of the scholar and… — Evelyn Waugh
Though I may not be a king in my future life, so much the better: I shall nevertheless live an active life and, on top… — Frederick The Great
This life is only one of a series of lives which our incarnated part has lived. I have little doubt of our having pre-existed; and… — Charles George Gordon
History provides many examples of democracy crushed by people who said to be the champion of "genuine democracy" and "the people's real meaning". The realization… — Olof Palme
Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful. — William Makepeace Thackeray
The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief — Jacques Ellul
Mother Earth is hurting. And she needs a generation of thoughtful, caring and active kids like all of you to protect her for the future. — Leonardo DiCaprio
The age of nations has passed. Now, unless we wish to perish, we must shake off our old prejudices and build the Earth. The more… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Death is the door from the superficial life, the so-called life, the trivial. There is a door. If you pass through the door you reach… — Rajneesh
By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it… — Alexander Hamilton
We achieve active mastery over illness and death by delegating all responsibility for their management to physicians, and by exiling the sick and the dying… — Thomas Szasz
To fly! to live as airmen live! Like them to ride the skyways from horizon to horizon, across rivers and forests! To free oneself from… — Henri Mignet
Though government has an important role to play in meeting the many challenges that remain before us, we are coming to understand that no organization,… — William J. Clinton
Fear is never an actuality; it is either before or after the active present. When there is fear in the active present, is it fear?… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Look at the list of liberals who are active in politics, if not running. Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Warren Beatty, Springsteen, Spielberg... And then you… — Bill Maher
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is eager to enter into close relationship with the Bank for International Settlements....The conclusion is impossible to escape… — Louis Thomas McFadden
I started getting more and more active around immigration reform because this was such a waste of lives, such a waste of potential, such a… — Laurene Powell Jobs
Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing… — Lahiri Mahasaya
If you want a convincing account of just how deep the shift in our new axial age is and must be, look no further than… — Michel Bauwens
Right now, our mother -- our mother -- all of our mothers, Mother Earth is hurting. And she needs a generation of thoughtful, caring and… — Leonardo DiCaprio

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