Direct Quotes

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Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience. — A. R. Ammons
Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty. — George Bernard Shaw
They establish contact with the subconscious of the consumer below the word level. They do this with visual symbols instead of words ... They communicate… — Rosser Reeves
It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more… — Abraham Lincoln
Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in simplicity,… — Albert Schweitzer
Marriage is for committed lovers, not hostages. Marriage is a sacred relationship created for two people who complete each other spiritually. While it requires sacrificial… — Rob Jackson
Long term success is a direct result of what you achieve everyday. Goals provide your daily routine — Rick Pitino
What makes war interesting for Americans is that we don't fight war on our soil, we don't have direct experience of it, so there's an… — Robert Dallek
'Believing' cannot tip the scales in making a historical judgement about whether something really happened. I can choose to believe that George Washington threw a… — Marcus Borg
What blinds us, or makes historical progress very difficult, is our lack of awareness that our beliefs have grown obsolete and should be put aside....… — Terence McKenna
The visual impact of the stupa on the observer brings a direct experience of inherent wakefulness and dignity. Stupas continue to be built because of… — Chogyam Trungpa
Anarchism...stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral. — Emma Goldman
It has been pointed out already that no knowledge of probabilities, less in degree than certainty, helps us to know what conclusions are true, and… — John Maynard Keynes
One thing must be emphatically stated. The New Testament books did not become authoritative for the Church because they were formally included in a canonical… — F. F. Bruce
The spectacle of modern investment markets has sometimes moved me towards the conclusion that to make the purchase of an investment permanent and indissoluble, like… — John Maynard Keynes
The unconscious mind is decidedly simple, unaffected, straightforward and honest. It hasn't got all of this facade, this veneer of what we call adult culture.… — Milton H. Erickson
I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event… — Virginia Satir
Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question… — Guy Debord
The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God in direct opposition.… — John Bunyan
The differing opinions regarding the gospel are often categorized as different variations of the same truth, or coming at the same truth from different angles,… — Paul Washer

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