Acute Quotes

154 quotes by 143 authors

Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love. Here we see what compassion means. It… — Henri Nouwen
It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. Separate she lacks his force of body and strength of reason; he… — Benjamin Franklin
Suicide is a particularly awful way to die: the mental suffering leading up to it is usually prolonged, intense and unpalliated. There is no morphine… — Kay Redfield Jamison
We're highly social animals - I'm told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what… — Alan Alda
Spells of acute loneliness are an essential part of travel. Loneliness makes things happen. — Jonathan Raban
What worse illness can there be than acute conventionality. You should pray every night that you don't wake up with it. — George Weinberg
The more acute the experience, the less articulate its expression. — Harold Pinter
The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly. — Boris Spassky
All you need is to stop searching outside for what can be found only within. Set your vision right before you operate. You are suffering… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The greatest part of all chronic disease is created by the suppression of acute disease by drug poisoning. — Henry Lindlahr
Cavendish was a great Man with extraordinary singularities-His voice was squeaking his manner nervous He was afraid of strangers & seemed when embarrassed to articulate… — Humphry Davy
Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation, by actual experience in the school of life, by ceaseless alertness to learn from others, by study… — B. C. Forbes
If there is inequality in nature, still there must be equal chance for all - or if greater for some and for some less -… — Swami Vivekananda
The wren-box problem is becoming more acute each year, for wrens now demand better housing conditions and labor-saving devices. — Will Cuppy
To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves… — Berenice Abbott
The needs of children during adolescence are particular and acute. They need an opportunity to develop a sense of identity and to maintain the sense… — Elliot W. Eisner
American democracy is a chess-game in which pawns imagine themselves to be free individuals with wills of their own: that delusion is one of the… — Kenny Smith
Surfers are the â€˜throw-aheadsâ€™ of mankind, not the dregs; they arenâ€™t the black sheep of humanity, but the futurists and they are leading the way… — Timothy Leary
This is why moral uneasiness is destined to become even more acute. It is obvious that a fundamental defect, or rather a series of defects,… — Pope John Paul II
The first and most important impact of climate change on human civilisation will be an acute and permanent crisis of food supply. Eating regularly is… — Gwynne Dyer

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