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When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless, and reason is powerless. — Herophilos
The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are among those most… — Ban Ki-moon
Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all… — Edmund Burke
The principles of the good society call for a concern with an order of being - which cannot be proved existentially to the sense organs… — Walter Lippmann
It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what those things are. Human understanding… — Soren Kierkegaard
When a man has found the Lord, he no longer has to use words when he is praying, for the Spirit Himself will intercede for… — John Climacus
...the power of prayer can never be overrated. They who cannot serve God by preaching need not regret. If a man can but pray he… — Charles Spurgeon
In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. — S I Hayakawa
When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it. — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared. — Edward Dahlberg
First prepare the ground, then prayer happens on its own accord. Prayer is something that you cannot do. Meditation is something that you can do… — Rajneesh
Meditation is like light: when meditation comes, politics disappears. So you cannot be meditative and political. That is impossible: you are asking for the impossible.… — Rajneesh
In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team. — Eduardo Galeano
Space has no "existence." "To exist" literally means "to stand out." You cannot understand space because it doesn't stand out. Although in itself it has… — Eckhart Tolle
You ask me where I get my ideas. That I cannot tell you with certainty. They come unsummoned, directly, indirectly - I could seize them… — Ludwig van Beethoven
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled. — Horace
Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed. — William Wetmore Story
Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony — John Stott
We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue. — Henry David Thoreau
It [sin] cannot occur at any time nor in any form without his permission. While he does not actively originate it, he holds such absolute… — James Petigru Boyce

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