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But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear. It is fear… — Bertrand Russell
I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past. — John Cale
To be a mother is a woman's greatest vocation in life. She is a partner with God. No being has a position of such power… — Spencer W. Kimball
The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants but when she resolutely holds him to… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped;… — John Knox
There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they… — Booker T. Washington
To punish a man because he has committed a crime, or because he is believed, though unjustly, to have committed a crime, is not persecution.… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Remember, in the end, it isn't what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not. — John C. Maxwell
Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach I project the condition of my soul onto… — Parker J. Palmer
That all who are happy are equally happy is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. A… — Samuel Johnson
The leaves are falling, falling as from way off, as though far gardens withered in the skies; they are falling with denying gestures. And in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It [sin] cannot occur at any time nor in any form without his permission. While he does not actively originate it, he holds such absolute… — James Petigru Boyce
A new oath holds pretty well; but... when it is become old, and frayed out, and damaged by a dozen annual retryings of its remains,… — Mark Twain
Government, religion, property, books, are nothing but the scaffolding to build men. Earth holds up to her master no fruit like the finished man. — Wilhelm von Humboldt
What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin to falter at around forty,… — John Updike
Friends, haters, it's Twitter poll time. What do you think most holds back justice and equality for women? All thoughts welcome! — Olivia Wilde
No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men may not believe you, my son. But you must always say the truth, when the truth holds no danger for you or your loved… — Janet Morris
People ask: Why should I care about the ocean? Because the ocean is the cornerstone of earth's life support system, it shapes climate and weather.… — Sylvia Earle
Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life. — Jean Giraudoux
The road to social justice for the farm worker is the road of unionization. Our cause, our strike against table grapes and our international boycott… — Cesar Chavez
For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be… — Stanislav Grof
It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us. — Ben Jonson
Nature holds no brief for the human experiment; it must stand or fall by its results. — George Bernard Shaw
While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his. — Ambrose Bierce

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