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There'd be a lot less scandal if people didn't idealize sin and pose as sinners. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The sceptic ultimately undermines democracy (1) because he can see no significance in death and such things of a literal equality; (2) because he introduces… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to know things, wants to find out what reality is… — C.S. Lewis
Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always to take full note of… — Seneca the Younger
By bravely enduring our trials, we learn humility, compassion for others, and a great reliance on God. We also learn that our happiness and progress… — Lloyd D. Newell
In sickness, with its attendant pain, patience is required. If the only perfect man who ever lived-even Jesus of Nazareth-was called upon to endure great… — Thomas S. Monson
You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you. — Keri Russell
The Fundamental Regulator Paradox ... The task of a regulator is to eliminate variation, but this variation is the ultimate source of information about the… — Gerald Weinberg
...there is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the tolerances of nature. This balance,… — George F. Kennan
In this model, the sun is a very tiny speck of dust indeed-a speck less than a three-thousandth of an inch in diameter ... Think… — James Jeans
All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still… — David Hume
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the firmness or precariousness… — Alexander Hamilton
"The more I live, the more I learn The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know" — Michel Legrand
It's hard not to be afraid. Be less afraid. — Susan Sontag
The more I know the less tortured I am. — Alanis Morissette
~Before, my career came first. All I had to think about was myself. Now my children prevail. It doesn't mean my career is less important;… — Faith Hill
We are all more or less ill till we find -Self-enquiry our Oneness with everyone else. — Douglas Harding
There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will… — Kurt Hahn
The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off. — Robert Hand
Good character is that quality which makes one dependable whether being watched or not, which makes one truthful when it is to one's advantage to… — Arthur S. Adams

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