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Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred,… — Gautama Buddha
There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of… — William Howard Taft
I do not pray. . . . I do not expect God to single me out and grant me advantages over my fellow men. .… — Zora Neale Hurston
But a few understand that building is a great symbol we live in our minds, and existence is the attempt to bring that life into… — Ayn Rand
Every time economic and technical development takes a step forward, forces emerge which attempt to create political forms for what, on the economic-technical plane, has… — Christian Lous Lange
Last year was the fourth or fifth attempt to get fall launched till 'American Idol' comes in January. To be honest, the reality programming we… — Mike Darnell
I want to make it very clear that this middle-class tax cut, in my view, is central to any attempt we're going to make to… — William J. Clinton
In an attempt to amuse my friends and family, I would do impressions of Dean Martin, singing Everybody Loves Somebody. I secretly really enjoyed singing… — Peter Gallagher
Whenever the Christian idea of meditation is taken seriously, there are those who assume it is synonymous with the concept of meditation centered in Eastern… — Richard J. Foster
Should [reformers] attempt more than the established habits of the people are ripe for, they may lose all and retard indefinitely the ultimate object of… — Thomas Jefferson
I'm quite amused by the attempt to excuse not trying harder, by claiming that perfect is not possible; it may not be, but striving toward… — Laura Schlessinger
Design is the patterning and planning of any act toward a desired, foreseeable end... any attempt to separate design, to make it a thing-by-itself works,… — Victor Papanek
The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly… — Samuel Johnson
What feeling feels like over time. An attempt to screw up what feeling feels like over time. Heartbreak and a high C.... The often welcome… — Stephen Dunn
... when the struggle seems to be drifting definitely towards a world social democracy, there may still be very great delays and disappointments before it… — H.G. Wells
My space chums think my unique hookup with humanity could be evolution's awkward attempt to jump-start itself up again. They're thinking just maybe, going crazy… — Lily Tomlin
Seeing with better eyes We can recognize that the offender is a valuable human being who struggles with the same needs, pressures, and confusions that… — Elbert Hubbard
A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference, nor does he attempt to transform it into a victory. The… — Paulo Coelho
The difficulties in the study of the infinite arise because we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those properties… — Galileo Galilei
No account of the Renaissance can be complete without some notice of the attempt made by certain Italian scholars of the fifteenth century to reconcile… — Walter Pater

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