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Sensorial perception, for example, certainly occurs with greater or less accuracy according to the degree of interest; it is constantly given other directions by the… — Hermann Ebbinghaus
It is an absolutely vain endeavor to attempt to reconstruct or even comprehend the nature of a human being by simply knowing the forces which… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
I guess the verdict is in - I am not a sociopath. It's not effective or productive not to be nice. It would undermine the… — Whitney Cummings
Maybe I had more wrinkles than I would if I hadn't spent so much of my life outdoors, but I didn't care. It was a… — Diane Chamberlain
Recognize the possibility of the divine in any given moment. — Dani Shapiro
Choosing one thing over another doesn't necessarily mean we love the thing we choose. If given the choice to eat spinach or broccoli, you may… — Matt Chandler
We’ve been given the covenant community because we need each other, and together we’ll be more mature, experience more life, and know more joy than… — Matt Chandler
Given our abundance, the burden of proof should always be on keeping, not giving. Why would you not give? We err by beginning with the… — Randy Alcorn
If God was the owner, I was the manager. I needed to adopt a steward's mentality toward the assets He had entrusted - not given… — Randy Alcorn
If God wanted women to be treated equally to men, he'd have given them penises. — Zach Braff
I would like to believe when I die that I have given myself away like a tree that sows seed every spring and never counts… — May Sarton
Children are given us to discourage our better emotions. — Hector Hugh Munro
We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal... in… — Peter McWilliams
I have no decision-making role at all in my job description. I would have liked an explanation as to why I was moved from first… — Mookie Wilson
It is my assumption that growth in faith is the root of all spiritual growth and is prior to all disciplines of works. True spirituality… — Richard Lovelace
That two bodies press convulsively together, man and woman, he fertilizing her, he giving her a budding life, or he planting a seed, a seed… — Unknown Author
God has given me so much. He expects so much out of me. — Louis Zamperini
The prevailing attunement is at any given time the condition of our openness for perceiving and dealing with what we encounter; the pitch at which… — Medard Boss
So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The… — Edward Dahlberg
A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that… — Anne Sweeney
Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely permitted to play and be… — John Taylor Gatto
Never let yourself think that because God has given you many things to do for Himpressing routine jobs, a life full up with duties and… — Evelyn Underhill
If custom is to avail for proof of soundness, we too, surely, may advance our prevailing custom; and if they reject this, we are surely… — Gregory of Nyssa
Wages cannot be considered as a gift, because they are due to work, but God has given free grace to all men by the justification… — Hilary of Poitiers
For there have risen many who have given to the plain words of Holy Writ some arbitrary interpretation of their own, instead of its true… — Hilary of Poitiers

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