Insofar Quotes
134 Insofar quotes by 117 unique authors
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I take literally the statement in the Gospel of John that God loves the world. I believe that the world was created and approved by…
— Wendell Berry
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Insofar as he'd formed any opinion of her, it was that she suffered from misplaced gentility and the mistaken belief that etiquette meant good breeding.…
— Terry Pratchett
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Before examining this more carefully and investigating its consequences, I want to dwell for a moment in the contemplation of God, to ponder His attributes…
— Rene Descartes
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Yes, I know what passion would fill me with all its power. Before, I was too young. I got in the way. Now I know…
— Albert Camus
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What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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When you believe that you are not worthwhile in and of yourself, in the back of your mind you also begin to believe that life…
— Marya Hornbacher
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There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a…
— William S. Burroughs
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My thesis is that the moral law is articulated with relation to the real as such, to the real insofar as it can be the…
— Jacques Lacan
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It is central to Christian living that we should celebrate the goodness of creation, ponder its present brokenness, and, insofar as we can, celebrate in…
— N. T. Wright
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It was rather awkward, insofar as we were both teetering between the possibility of something and the possibility of nothing.
— David Levithan
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I would like, then, to end by putting in a good word for the non-industrious poor. At least they aren’t hurting anyone. Insofar as the…
— David Graeber
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I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is…
— Wendell Berry
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Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.
— Louis Kronenberger
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I think the driving force for cultural evolution is this desire for groups to be splitting off and separating and forming subgroups insofar as the…
— Mark Pagel
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I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of God our Lord; for…
— Saint Ignatius
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Insofar as the church fails to do the will of God, I am called upon to help it discover and to do the will of…
— Tony Campolo
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The shaming of Washington, insofar as it is even possible, is a very noble pursuit.
— Mark Leibovich
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Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.
— Carine Roitfeld
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There is one simple Divinity found in all things, one fecund Nature, preserving mother of the universe insofar as she diversely communicates herself, casts her…
— Giordano Bruno
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Sometimes I think I should have chosen a line of work where it was just me alone in the room, with the sun coming in,…
— Charlie Trotter
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The final disease that nature inflicts on us will determine the atmosphere in which we take our leave of life, but our own choices should…
— Sherwin B. Nuland
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The transformation of environment has become the purpose of human life; life seems real only insofar as it deals with things.
— Rudolf Christoph Eucken
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Every state has an undoubted right to determine the status, or domestic and social condition, of the persons domiciled within its territory except insofar as…
— Roger B. Taney
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Both state and church have as their object actions as well as convictions, the former insofar as they are based on the relations between man…
— Moses Mendelssohn
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Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom…
— J. William Fulbright
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