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20 quotes by 16 authors

Odonianism is anarchism. Not the bomb-in-the-pocket stuff, which is terrorism, whatever name it tries to dignify itself with, not the social-Darwinist economic 'libertarianism' of the… — Ursula K. Le Guin
He [Jesus] speaks in parables, and though we have approached these parables reverentially all these many years and have heard them expounded as grave and… — Frederick Buechner
We know next to nothing with any certainty about Pythagoras, except that he was not really called Pythagoras. The name by which he is known… — Daniel Tammet
UNDERSTANDING, n. A cerebral secretion that enables one having it to know a house from a horse by the roof on the house. Its nature… — Ambrose Bierce
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. — Ambrose Bierce
I now believe that the universe was brought into existence by an infinite Intelligence. I believe that this universe's intricate laws manifest what scientists have… — Antony Flew
Here lies the secret. Says Patanjali, the father of Yoga, "When a man rejects all the superhuman powers, then he attains to the cloud of… — Swami Vivekananda
Godâ€™s Word, when rightly expounded, is medicinal for a whole host of spiritual diseases. — Joel Beeke
Pantaenus was one of these and is said to have gone to India. It is reported that among persons there who knew of Christ, he… — Eusebius
Thus, the more succinctly a train of thought was expounded, and the more comprehensive the unity of its basic idea, the closer it would approximate… — Max Bill
After all the great religions have been preached and expounded, man is still confronted with the Great Mystery. — Luther Standing Bear
Trotskyism is not a new movement, a new doctrine, but the restoration, the revival of genuine Marxism as it was expounded and practiced in the… — James P. Cannon
Our politics and science have never mastered the fact that people need more than to understand their obligation to one another and to the earth;… — Wendell Berry
...Christ did not appoint professors, but followers. If Christianity ... is not reduplicated in the life of the person expounding it, then he does not… — Soren Kierkegaard
optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.… — Ambrose Bierce
To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell. — Marquis de Sade
When my father, Ronald Reagan, was running for president in 1980, my mother, Nancy, traveled with him on the campaign trail, but she did not… — Patti Davis
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this… — Ambrose Bierce
OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.… — Ambrose Bierce
History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred beliefs expounded by people who have a vested interest. — Anthony Storr

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