Lessen Quotes

99 quotes by 92 authors

Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest. — Emily Greene Balch
As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules over the whole… — Annie Besant
It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies. — Celso Amorim
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society,… — Thomas Jefferson
An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my… — Henry Morton Stanley
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nothing should lessen our satisfaction with ourselves as much as when we notice that we disapprove of something at one time that we approve of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum, or in disputes about Hebrew… — Benjamin Rush
I believe that where the love of God is perfected and the true spirit of government watchfully attended to, a tenderness toward all creatures will… — John Woolman
But life is sweet, though all that makes it sweet. Lessen like sound of friends departing feet; And death is beautiful as feet of friend.… — James Russell Lowell
In a photograph, if I am able to evoke not alone a feeling of the reality of the surface physical world but also a feeling… — Wynn Bullock
The preaching of the faith has lost nothing of its relevance in our times. The Church has a sacred duty to proclaim it without any… — Pope Pius XII
Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition of his name… — Noah Webster
If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when… — Alexander Hamilton
During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its… — Thomas Jefferson
You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war. Of my dispos[i]tion to maintain… — Thomas Jefferson
Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small.… — Henry B. Eyring
This law represents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means completed--a structure intended to lessen the force of… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Without repentance, there is no real progress or improvement in life. Pretending there is no sin does not lessen its burden and pain. Suffering for… — D. Todd Christofferson

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