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The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear. — Don DeLillo
I stand on the end platform of the tram and am completely unsure of my footing in this world, in this town, in my family.… — Franz Kafka
An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man's knowledge is a greater miracle than all the sticks turned to… — Jerome Lawrence
Let the liberal turn to the course of action, the course of all radicals, and the amused look vanishes from the face of society as… — Saul Alinsky
Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten steps forward, it swiftly slips… — Eduardo Galeano
Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Tragedies are all right for a while: you are concerned, you are curious, you feel good. And then it gets repetitive, it doesn't advance, it… — Simone de Beauvoir
The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory. — Haruki Murakami
The search for God is a reversal of the normal, mundane worldly order. In search for God, you revert from what attracts you and swim… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Cicero smiled at us. 'The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destory one's spirit by worrying about them… — Robert Harris
God himself, finding he was in the midst of spirits and glory, because he was more intelligent, saw proper to institute laws whereby the rest… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance. — Alton Brown
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever… — Jane Austen
Whatever plane our consciousness may be acting in, both we and the things belonging to that plane are, for the time being, our only realities.… — H. P. Blavatsky
As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace… — Thomas Jefferson
Without shedding of blood there is no anything… Everything, it seems to me, has to be purchased by self-sacrifice. Our race has marked every step… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of… — Thomas Jefferson
It's guff. It doesn't advance the action. It makes for nice fat books such as the American market thrives on, but it doesn't actually get… — Douglas Adams
I’m a psychic amnesiac. I know in advance what I’ll forget. — Steven Wright
While Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance… — Plutarch
To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Of course, I'm being rude. I'm spoiling the ending, not only of the entire book, but of this particular piece of it. I have given… — Markus Zusak
It is by no means certain that we advance our philosophical quest by reading Plato or Aristotle. It may increase our knowledge of history but… — Jostein Gaarder
By the experience of active love. Strive to love your neighbour actively and indefatigably. In as far as you advance in love you will grow… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will… — Paulo Coelho

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