Causes Quotes

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. . . the weal of the race, and the cause of humanity, here and now, are enough To give life meaning and death as… — Edgar Lee Masters
Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in… — Isaac Asimov
When religion is good, it will take care of itself. When it is not able to take care of itself, and God does not see… — Benjamin Franklin
I am ashamed of some christians because they have so much dependence on Parliment and the law of the land. Much good may Parliment ever… — Charles Spurgeon
Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. — George Washington
The 'law of wills and causes,' formulated by Comte, . . . is that when men do not know the natural causes of things, they… — Andrew Dickson White
Miracles are propitious accidents, the natural causes of which are too complicated to be readily understood. — George Santayana
When happiness is actually in possession, the thought of evil can no more acquire the feeling of reality than the thought of good can gain… — William James
I don't think I've ever written anything even remotely naturalistic. The closest probably would be seen as 'Frankie and Johnny,' and that's only 'cause they… — Terrence McNally
The problem is that this speeded-up life and stress in America causes us to cut off our feelings, so we are out of touch with… — Keith Miller
The highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the illusion of a higher reality. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The word patriotism, or its equivalents and derivations, is upon everyone's lips at the present time. It is a magic word which is thought by… — Ernest Belfort Bax
Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation. — Benjamin Disraeli
The pressure to conform to an authority figure or peer group can cause people to behave in shocking ways. — Mike Lofgren
The more two people open to each other, the more this wide-openness also brings to the surface all the obstacles to it: their deepest, darkest… — John Welwood
As for me, I see no such great cause why I should either be fond to live or fear to die. I have had good… — Elizabeth I
Fear is an acid which is pumped into one's atmosphere. It causes mental, moral and spiritual asphyxiation, and sometimes death; death to energy and all… — Horace Fletcher
To open avenues to political place and power for all classes of women would cause [the] humble labors of the family and schoo1 to be… — Catharine Beecher
The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue. — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes. — Orson Scott Card

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