Instead Quotes
6491 Instead quotes by 3769 unique authors
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The bath soothes the nerves. It promotes general perspiration, quickens the circulation, overcomes obstruction in the system, and acts beneficially on the kidneys and the…
— Ellen G. White
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Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
— St. Catherine of Siena
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Religious truth is captive in a small number of little manuscripts which guard the common treasures, instead of expanding them. Let us break the seal…
— Johannes Gutenberg
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God suffers in the multitude of souls whom His word can not reach. Religious truth is imprisoned in a small number of manuscript books, which…
— Johannes Gutenberg
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Stop looking for peace. Give yourselves where you are. Stop looking at yourselves, look instead at your brothers and sisters in need. Ask how you…
— Jean Vanier
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Decades ago, visitors from other planets warned us about the direction we were heading and offered to help. Instead, some of us interpreted their visits…
— Paul Hellyer
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I coulda' had class. I coulda' been a contender! But instead I got a one way ticket to Palookaville.
— Budd Schulberg
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It really helps if you are doing something you love instead of something you are just spending a bunch of money on. You can become…
— Unknown Author
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At first, I thought 'this series is going to be all about death and desecration,' but instead became a more complex landscape of human relationships.…
— Ralph Steadman
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The shaman no longer looks for meaning in life, but brings meaning to every situation. The shaman stops looking for truth and instead brings truth…
— Alberto Villoldo
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What matters most in a child’s development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the first few years.…
— Paul Tough
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If you don’t want to cry about the state of the economy, why not laugh instead? This book is an ideal introduction to the subject…
— Diane Coyle
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If a musician wants to blossom into a full-fledged person, it's not enough if he knows only classical music; nor it is enough if he's…
— A. R. Rahman
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When the iPhone was first announced, CEO Steve Jobs spewed enough BS to cover a football field full of babies 3 feet deep in bullshit,…
— Maddox
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I don't get it: they re-package the same shitty football games every year, update a few stats, call it a new game and millions of…
— Maddox
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Dreams are a reservoir of knowledge and experience yet they are often overlooked as a vehicle for exploring reality. In the dream state our bodies…
— Stephen LaBerge
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My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison.…
— Chanakya
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When the soil's fertility is being conserved instead of raped, when village life is a social unity, when pride of craftsmanship returns, when everyone works…
— Henry Williamson
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Those of us raised in the Christian tradition need to choose to either see God in Jesus or to continue to let the Bible define…
— Frank Schaeffer
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Death itself is too big to take in, she already sees that; the loss comes at you instead in an infinite number of small installments…
— Allison Pearson
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For all the time schools devote to the teaching of mathematics, very little (if any) is spent trying to convey just what the subject is…
— Keith Devlin
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Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content to…
— Michael Dirda
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A traumatic event doesn't doom us to suffer indefinitely. Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead happier…
— Jane McGonigal
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Some people make you feel better about living. Some people you meet and you feel this little lift in your heart, this 'Ah', because there's…
— Niall Williams
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Keep my word' is such a strange expression. At first glance, it just means 'Be true to what you agreed on. But it could also…
— Peter Gould
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