Called Quotes
8011 Called quotes by 4669 unique authors
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He whose longing has been aroused for the indescribable, whose mind has been quickened by it, and whose thought is not attached to sensuality is…
— Gautama Buddha
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He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called…
— Gautama Buddha
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When we feel happy and peaceful, our happiness and peace radiates around us, and others can enjoy it as well. This is called 'the enjoyment…
— Gautama Buddha
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One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming…
— Gautama Buddha
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They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong,…
— Gautama Buddha
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Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for the physician's interest,…
— Plato
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All revival begins, and continues, in the prayer meeting. Some have also called prayer the "great fruit of revival." In times of revival, thousands may…
— Henry Blackaby
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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Man's want of original righteousness and of holy affections toward God, and the corruption of his moral nature and his bias toward evil is called…
— Henry Clarence Thiessen
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Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be acheived unless we first establish peace…
— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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If I called her she would pretend not to hear, but would come a few moments later when it could appear that she had thought…
— Unknown Author
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At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred…
— Plato
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I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in mortal sin as…
— Teresa of Avila
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Men are tied up to their families and possessions more helplessly than in a prison. There is an occasion for the prisoner to be released,…
— Gautama Buddha
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Meditation begins with a call that awakes us out of the coma of self-preoccupation. We are called, we are chosen. Meditation is our response to…
— John Main
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There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be…
— Sophocles
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Unfortunately, in the field of evolution most explanations are not good. As a matter of fact, they hardly qualify as explanations at all; they are…
— Norman Macbeth
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It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then…
— Ignatius of Antioch
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This moment of dawning is called taqwa - God-consciousness, and ihsan - awareness. Suddenly you know that God can see you and knows you, even…
— Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
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Eugenics was central to the entire Nazi enterprise, joined with romantic nativist and racist myths of the pure-bred Nordic. The emphasis on 'blood' called for…
— Unknown Author
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Part of it has to do with the discipline of being actively receptive. At the core of this receptivity is a process that might be…
— Henry Wessel, Jr.
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And we, too, being called by His will in Christ Jesus, are not justified by ourselves, nor by our own wisdom, or understanding, or godliness,…
— Pope Clement I
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There are forces in nature called Love and Hate. The force of Love causes elements to be attracted to each other and to be built…
— Empedocles
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The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American…
— William Sloane Coffin
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When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, and…
— Socrates
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