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Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being also. This fact can neither…
— Albert Schweitzer
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The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child.
— J. H. Oldham
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The sobs and tears of joy he had not foreseen rose with such force within him that his whole body shook and for a long…
— Leo Tolstoy
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So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we see fit, without molestation from…
— John Stuart Mill
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One man should not be afraid of improving his posessions, lest they be taken away from him, or another deterred by high taxes from starting…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The spirit of defeating a man is the same for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the…
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm.…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.
— Sun Tzu
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By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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Looking comparatively at the good things, you will see that they are not excluded from wisdom, humanity and bravery.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.
— Sun Tzu
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A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your…
— Nabeshima Naoshige
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If you do not leave this pasturage, Saladin will come and attack you here. And if you retreat from this attack the shame and reproach…
— Unknown Author
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Songs of worship arise from a life of worship.
— Tim Hughes
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Someone once defined humor as a way to keep from killing yourself. I keep my sense of humor and I stay alive.
— Abe Burrows
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God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully…
— Bernard of Clairvaux
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I'll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked.
— William Shakespeare
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Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of…
— Thomas Jefferson
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...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out unless the government…
— Harry Browne
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A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.
— Ramsey Clark
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When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will render powerless the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to run the risk…
— Alexander Hamilton
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