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Be happy! and meditation will follow. Be happy, and religion will follow. Happiness is a basic condition. People become religious only when they are unhappy… — Rajneesh
I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential. — Dalai Lama
Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society. — Kent Conrad
The mechanism of primary emotions does not describe the full range of emotional behaviors. They are, to be sure, the basic mechanism. However, I believe… — Antonio Damasio
The more basic the color, the more inward, the more pure. — Piet Mondrian
The family should be a closely knit group. The home should be a self-contained shelter of security; a kind of school where life's basic lessons… — Billy Graham
Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence. — John Foster Dulles
The world has changed far more in the past 100 years than in any other century in history. The reason is not political or economic… — Stephen Hawking
This is something we're very committed to, it's something that I think people are underestimating right now as they've seen some of the dot-com promises… — Bill Gates
Mankind is at its best when it is most free. This will be clear if we grasp the principle of liberty. We must recall that… — Dante Alighieri
We are not going to deal with the violence in our communities, our homes, and our nation, until we learn to deal with the basic… — Marian Wright Edelman
The religious urge in man is not a mere passing phase in the history of his spiritual development, but the ultimate source of all his… — Muhammad Asad
Here is the basic question: Are we marionettes, or are we creatures of free will who just happen to have a lot of jerky reflexes? — Robert Breault
The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life. — Jawaharlal Nehru
If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire… — Stephen Covey
What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus physical coercion or… — Ayn Rand
The diversity of mankind is a basic postulate of our knowledge of human beings. But if mankind is diverse and individuated, then how can anyone… — Murray Rothbard
The right to defy an unconstitutional statute is basic in our scheme. Even when an ordinance requires a permit to make a speech, to deliver… — Potter Stewart
If you have ever seen a four-year-old trying to lord it over a two-year-old, then you know what the basic problem of human nature is… — Thomas Sowell
I think the next [21st] century will be the century of complexity. We have already discovered the basic laws that govern matter and understand all… — Stephen Hawking

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