Direct Quotes

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Wherever we direct our view, we discover the melancholy proofs of our depravity; whether we look to ancient or modern times, to barbarous or civilized… — William Wilberforce
Thus man of all creatures is more than a creature, he is also a creator. Man alone can direct his success mechanism by the use… — Maxwell Maltz
The greatest cost of the specialization of technological life - and out of which all other damages are birthed - is arguably our separation from… — Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Oh, God, give me grace for this day. Not for a lifetime, nor for next week, nor for tomorrow, just for this day. Direct my… — Marjorie Holmes
Faith is our direct link to universal wisdom, reminding us that we know more than we have heard or read or studied that we have… — Dan Millman
. . . integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light of pure awareness,… — Laozi
We know, from ordinary life, that we are not able to direct our attention perfectly steadily and uniformly to one and the same object... At… — Wilhelm Wundt
Once you have learned to trust your own voice and allowed that creative force inside you to come out, you can direct it to write… — Natalie Goldberg
Fooling around with alternating currents is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever. It's too dangerous . . . it could kill… — Thomas A. Edison
It happens to be a matter of record that I was first in print with the discovery that the tastelessness of the food offered in… — Calvin Trillin
At the utmost, the active-minded young man should ask of his teacher only mastery of his tools. The young man himself, the subject of education,… — Henry Adams
I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter. — Yakov Smirnoff
The seeming significance of nature's appearances, their unchanging strangeness to the senses, and the thrilling response which they awaken in the mind of man .… — Robert Louis Stevenson
A chipped pebble is almost part of the hand it never leaves. A thrown spear declares a sort of independence the moment it is released...… — Isaac Asimov
Love is the direct opposite of hate. By definition it's something you can't feel for more than a few minutes at a time, so what's… — Judith Perelman Rossner
We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We decided to set our direct-action program around the Easter season, realizing that, with exception of Christmas, this was the largest shopping period of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours… — Khalil Gibran

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