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It was his [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] relationship with the administration In Washington which became poisoned by his egomania. Link upon link the bond between events… — William Manchester
Keeping the peace with the particular man in one's life becomes more essential than battling the mass male culture. — Susan Faludi
The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy. — Mary Catherine Bateson
The essential part of our being can only survive if the transient part dissolves. Death is a condition of survival. That which has been gained… — Vilayat Inayat Khan
The affirmation of one's essential being in spite of desires and anxieties creates joy. — Paul Tillich
No university on Earth gives master's degrees of living, of happiness. How strange! We seem to be missing the essential, the all-encompassing knowledge for which… — Robert Muller
Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they… — Mary Russell Mitford
The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary. — Simone Weil
The balance and peace we seek for ourselves and our society won't be achieved through mental effort alone. Mind and spirit are meant to travel… — Susan L. Taylor
It is not healthy to be thinking all the time. Thinking is intended for acquiring knowledge or applying it. It is not essential living. — Ernest Wood
It is essential to collectively struggle to recover our status as Daughters of the Earth. In that is our strength, and the security, not in… — Winona LaDuke
There are the holding actions, the changing actions, and the vision of the future - what we want to see happen for the Earth. All… — Joanna Macy
Try to gather the strength to live as brother and sister after one or two children are born. This is essential for reaping the full… — Mata Amritanandamayi
To Amma, all are Her children. In Amma's eyes no defect of Her children is serious. But when She is considered as the guru, it… — Mata Amritanandamayi
This view, as a rounded whole and in all its essential elements, has very recently disappeared from science. It died a royal death with Agassiz. — Asa Gray
It is in the long run essential to the growth of any new and high civilization that small groups of men can escape from their… — Freeman Dyson
What is essential is not the answer but the questions; the answers indeed are the death of the life that is in the questions. — Reginald Horace Blyth
I used to think that music was like lace upon a garment, nice to have but not necessary. I have come to believe that music… — George Eastman
It becomes essential to choose one's path. Life consists in making these choices. One develops by choosing. It requires strength to become a child of… — Toyohiko Kagawa
We must live in groups; other people are like nutrients for us, and are absolutely essential for our survival. — Willard Gaylin
Institutions are essential in order to preserve the achievement of the past, but the original creative impulse in every age comes from the amateur, the… — Robert Gordis
It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system. — Samora Machel
Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. — Laurence Fishburne
Long-term commitment to an intimate relationship with one person of whatever sex is an essential need that people have in order to breed the qualities… — Gerda Lerner
Psychoanalysis can unravel some of the forms of madness; it remains a stranger to the sovereign enterprise of unreason. It can neither limit nor transcribe,… — Michel Foucault

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