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The future is neither ahead nor behind, on one side or another. Nor is it dark or light. It is contained within ourselves; its evil… — Loren Eiseley
Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons. It is what we leave behind that is… — Sigurd F. Olson
A great painting or symphony or play, doesn't diminish us, but enlarges us, and we, too, want to make our own cry of affirmation to… — Madeleine L'Engle
Wine has a drastic, an astringent taste. I cannot help wincing as I drink. Ascent of flowers, radiance and heat, are distilled here to a… — Virginia Woolf
You were hidden behind walls of ice; no man had passed them; I broke them down and love leapt to love, and you lie here,… — James M. Barrie
For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness. We become… — Bruce Schneier
The Bible is actually a library of books-some long, some short- written over hundreds of years by many authors. Behind each one, however, was [the]… — Billy Graham
Trust, love, what we call sexy, who we trust in a business situation, are all based on how open we are. Openness is bodily openness,… — David Deida
It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution. — Russ Feingold
Promptings for us to do good come from the Holy Ghost. These promptings nudge us further along the straight and narrow path of discipleship. The… — Neal A. Maxwell
The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind. — William Hazlitt
Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority of a religion,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
The idea behind Reaganomics is this: a rising tide lifts all yachts. — Walter F. Mondale
If service is the rent you pay for your existence on this earth, are you behind in your rent? — Robert G. Allen
No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own… — Thomas Sowell
If a fox is unable to befriend a tiger, then the fox should create an illusion of close association with the tiger by carefully trailing… — Chin-Ning Chu
I met many Russians over the years who were convinced my brothers and I were a cabal, pulling strings behind the scenes to shape American… — David Rockefeller
No generation has had the opportunity, as we now have, to build a global economy that leaves no-one behind. It is a wonderful opportunity, but… — William J. Clinton
The majority of humankind does not accept this system, despite claims of worldwide support. Even with Russia's ratification, 75% of the world's CO2 is emitted… — Andrey Illarionov
Rome wasn't built in a day, and we won't replace fossil fuels with clean energy based on the events of a single week, either. But… — Michael Brune

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