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I would say that our patients never really despair because of any suffering in itself! Instead, their despair stems in each instance from a doubt… — Viktor E. Frankl
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with an… — Pema Chodron
It is better to tolerate the rare instance of a parent refusing to let his child be educated, than to shock the common feelings and… — Thomas Jefferson
As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The… — Samuel Johnson
One of the unique aspects of rowing is that novices strive to perfect the same motions as Olympic contenders. Few other sports can make this… — Brad Alan Lewis
PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune.… — Ambrose Bierce
From the moment they had left the Earth, their own weight, and that of the Projectile and the objects therein contained, had been undergoing a… — Jules Verne
It's not hard to see why. Although it adds to our overall understanding of Benghazi, even a cursory read reveals sloppy errors of fact and… — Stephen F. Hayes
That conclusion is inescapable, given the well-established evidence that voter-ID laws don't disenfranchise minorities or reduce minority voting, and in many instances enhance it, despite… — Edwin Meese
In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing with general principles,… — William Strunk, Jr.
A degree of culture, and assuredly a very high one, is attained when man rises above superstitions and religious notions and fears, and, for instance,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel: We… — Benjamin Franklin
The true makes of history are the spiritual men whom the world knew not, the unregarded agents of the creative action of the Spirit. The… — Christopher Dawson
I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received… — Major Taylor
If I look at the fighters that are coming through, fighters like Carl Froch for instance, do I worry about fighters like that? Course not,… — Joe Calzaghe
In our view any awareness is an increment to consciousness, an added light, a reinforcement of psychic coherence. Its swiftness or instantaneity can hide this… — Gaston Bachelard
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to… — Ambrose Bierce
It is time to extend planning to a wider field, in this instance comprehending in one great project many states directly concerned with the basin… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
School has no task more important than to teach strict thought, cautious judgment, and logical conclusions, hence it must pay no attention to what hinders… — Friedrich Nietzsche
For instance, take this sample: he has imagined a heaven, and has left entirely out of it the supremest of all his delights, the one… — Mark Twain

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