Highest Quotes

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A period of lewdness and shamelessness exists with the highest type of manic delirium. — Aretaeus of Cappadocia
In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sir, I do firmly believe that domestic slavery, regulated as ours is, produces the highest toned, the purest, best organization of society that has ever… — James Henry Hammond
Forgiveness is the highest and most difficult of all moral lessons. — Joseph Jacobs
The highest knowledge can be nothing more than the shortest and clearest road to truth; all the rest is pretension, not performance, mere verbiage and… — Charles Caleb Colton
To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality. — Ayn Rand
It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor. — John Calvin
Consider whether fulfillment of the goal you have chosen will constitute success. What is success? If you possess health and wealth, but have trouble with… — Paramahansa Yogananda
It is only through meditation that we can get lasting peace, divine peace. If we meditate soulfully in the morning and receive peace for only… — Sri Chinmoy
The fate of an epoch that has eaten of the tree of knowledge is that it must...recognize that general views of life and the universe… — Max Weber
Wisdom is the power to see, and the inclination to choose, the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it. — J I Packer
Every thing that a man leans upon but God, will be a dart that will certainly pierce his heart through and through. He who leans… — Thomas Brooks
I take it that the highest proof of Christ's power is not that He offers salvation, not that He bids you take it if you… — Charles Spurgeon
For only fools, fanatics, and mental cases can stand living at the highest pitch of soul; a sane person must be content with declaring that… — Robert Musil
The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable — Barbara Mikulski
I will strive to make this not the highest-spending country in the world, but instead the lowest taxing o-ne. — Stephen Harper
But the safety of the world, in some sense, depends on your saying no to inhumane ideas. Standing up for one's own integrity makes you… — Gabrielle Giffords
All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of… — Walter Mosley
The highest treason a crab can commit is to make a leap for the rim of the bucket. — Steven Pressfield
When we're living as amateurs, we're running away from our calling - meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest… — Steven Pressfield

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