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In this noisy, restless, bewildering age, there is a great need for quietness of spirit. Even in our communion with God we are so busy… — Alice Hegan Rice
That's the beauty of our show. Comedy or politics. We're sort of a mix. A space age polymer of both. A synthetic comedy-like material. — Jon Stewart
The art of dharma practice requires commitment, technical accomplishment, and imagination. As with all arts, we will fail to realize its full potential if any… — Stephen Batchelor
Many priests and employees at temples work for pay. No one should judge religion on the basis of the shortcomings of such workers. We should… — Mata Amritanandamayi
One summer day, while I was walking along the country road on the farm where I was born, a section of the stone wall opposite… — John Burroughs
The mind of man has perplexed itself with many hard questions. Is space infinite, and in what sense? Is the material world infinite in extent,… — James Clerk Maxwell
Man is still by instinct a predatory animal given to devilish aggression. The discoveries of science have immensely increased productivity of material things. They have… — Herbert Hoover
To prove that tuberculosis is caused by the invasion of bacilli, and that it is a parasitic disease primarily caused by the growth and multiplication… — Robert Koch
My agent says that I'm a 'repeat business guy.' If you hire me to come do a movie, I'll be on time, know all my… — Dean Cain
Let's remember that our children's spirits are more important than any material things. When we do, self-esteem and love blossoms and grows more beautifully than… — Jack Canfield
There are three reasons, . . . apart from scientific considerations, mankind needs to travel in space. The first . . . is garbage disposal;… — Freeman Dyson
More important than the material issue . . . the opening of a new, high frontier will challenge the best that is in us .… — Gerard K. O'Neill
If I waited to be in the mood to write, I'd barely have a chapbook of material to my name. Who would ever be in… — Dani Shapiro
It is a mistake to make propaganda many-sided, like scientific instruction, for instance... As soon as you sacrifice this slogan and try to be many-sided,… — Adolf Hitler
The youthful brain should in general not be burdened with things ninety-five percent of which it cannot use and hence forgets again... In many cases,… — Adolf Hitler
[R]eligion cannot share the material strength of the rulers without being burdened with some of the animosity roused against them. — Alexis de Tocqueville
I would also argue that there is a good chance that an outline will help you stave off any onslaught of writer's block. Let me… — Terry Brooks
Decisive inventions and discoveries always are initiated by an intellectual or moral stimulus as their actual motivating force, but, usually, the final impetus to human… — Stefan Zweig
The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the spirit… — Jonathan Sacks
I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood… — Leon Battista Alberti

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