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If I make the seven oceans ink, if I make the trees my pen, if I make the earth my paper, the glory of God… — Kabir
There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows… — Alexander Graham Bell
You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study… — Alexander Graham Bell
We cannot make a heaven on earth, though we may make a hell. — Russell Kirk
The good society is marked by a high degree of order, justice, and freedom. Among these, order has primacy: for justice cannot be enforced until… — Russell Kirk
Hysterical optimism will prevail until the world again admits the existence of tragedy, and it cannot admit the existence of tragedy until it again distinguishes… — Richard M. Weaver
The scientists have given [modern man] the impression that there is nothing he cannot know, and false propagandists have told him that there is nothing… — Richard M. Weaver
It seems to me that the novel is very much alive as a form. Without any question, every epoch has its own forms, and the… — Ilya Ehrenburg
Man and fascism cannot co-exist. If fascism conquers, man will cease to exist and there will remain only man-like creatures that have undergone an internal… — Vasily Grossman
I simply cannot see how denying chemotherapy treatment for Palestinian children increases Israel's security or advances U.S. national interests. — Lois Capps
There is an earthly sun, which is the cause of all heat, and all who are able to see may see the sun; and those… — Paracelsus
You know that I become quite powerless whenever I am obliged to write for an instrument which I cannot bear. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I will gladly give lessons as a favor, particularly when I see that my student has talent, inclination, and anxiety to learn; but to be… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
You cannot imagine how it spoils one to have been a child prodigy. — Franz Liszt
I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out the old way of writing and I cannot acquire the… — Sergei Rachmaninoff
In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained… — Georges Canguilhem
Our aim as scientists is objective truth; more truth, more interesting truth, more intelligible truth. We cannot reasonably aim at certainty. Once we realize that… — Karl Popper
Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying. In return, he owes it to his fellow men… — Karl Popper
How much truth is contained in something can be best determined by making it thoroughly laughable and then watching to see how much joking around… — Peter Sloterdijk
I always was a rebel...but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted...and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic, poet, musician. But… — John Lennon
I still don't know how to express the really delicate personal stuff. People think that Plastic Ono is very personal, but there are some subtleties… — John Lennon
Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify,… — Baruch Spinoza
All laws which can be violated without doing any one any injury are laughed at. Nay, so far are they from doing anything to control… — Baruch Spinoza
He who loves God cannot endeavor that God should love him in return. — Baruch Spinoza
An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity. — Michel de Montaigne

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