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The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge the Mind from Error and… — John Arbuthnot
In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious… — Margaret J. Wheatley
What is it that an artist does when he is left alone in his studio? My conclusion was that if I was an artist and… — Bruce Nauman
Meditation has made me happy, loving, and peaceful-but not every single moment of the day. I still have good times and bad, joy and sorrow.… — Sharon Salzberg
[Locating, from scratch, the gene related to a disease is like] trying to find a burned-out light bulb in a house located somewhere between the… — Francis Collins
The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the… — Lewis H. Lapham
War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature which… — Joseph de Maistre
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet… — Laozi
Pride is less ashamed of being ignorant, than of being instructed, and she looks too high to find that, which very often lies beneath her. — Charles Caleb Colton
It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly by our own,… — James Madison
I am less interested in your chain-smoking; I am more interested in your habit. Any habit that becomes a force, a dominating force over you,… — Rajneesh
Foosball screwed up my perception of soccer. I though you had to kick the ball and then spin around and around. I can't do a… — Mitch Hedberg
The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you. — Tony Snow
Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and… — Thomas Merton
There is nothing harder to learn than painting and nothing which most people take less trouble about learning. An art school is a place where… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I changed schools a lot when I was in elementary school because some girls were mean. They were less mean in middle school, because I… — Jennifer Lawrence
When one reads Bibles, one is less surprised at what the Deity knows than at what He doesn't know. — Mark Twain
The Christian take on Hellfire seems less dramatic than the Muslim vision, which I grew up with, but Christian magical thinking appeals to me no… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Preaching for life changes requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration. — Andy Stanley
In a community of human beings working together, the well-being of the community will be the greater, the less the individual claims for himself the… — Rudolf Steiner

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