Mere Quotes

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It is necessary for all of us to awaken in ourselves this spirit of cooperation, for then it will not be a mere plan or… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
In the search for reality, energy creates its own discipline. But mere discipline, without full comprehension of all this, has no meaning, it is a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Mere isolation in an enclosing idea is not a release from conflict. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Mere negation, mere Epicurean infidelity, as Lord Bacon most justly observes, has never disturbed the peace of the world. It furnishes no motive for action;… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Nothing about his life is more strange to [man] or more unaccountable in purely mundane terms than the stirrings he finds in himself, usually fitful… — Lewis Mumford
The final test of religious faith... is whether it will enable men to endure insecurity without complacency or despair, whether it can so interpret the… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Eternal life means more than mere future blessing to be enjoyed by believers; it is equally a kind of spiritual ability. — Watchman Nee
Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building. — Bernard Tschumi
The Gospel is not a mere message of deliverance, but a canon of conduct; it is not a theology to be accepted, but it is… — Alexander MacLaren
There are different kinds of fire; there is false fire. No one knows this better than we do, but we are not such fools as… — William Booth
We want a vernacular in art. No mere verbal or formal agreement, or dead level of uniformity but that comprehensive and harmonizing unity with individual… — Walter Crane
We cannot look upon our lives as dreams of a dreamer who has no awakening in all time. We have a personality to which matter… — Rabindranath Tagore
In my career I have had many wonderful things happen to me, many more than I ever dreamed would ever happen. But I would like… — LaVell Edwards
It is not, truly speaking, the labour that is divided; but the men: divided into mere segments of men - broken into small fragments and… — John Ruskin
Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life. — Alfred North Whitehead
But it is the knowledge of necessary and eternal truths which distinguishes us from mere animals, and gives us reason and the sciences, raising us… — Gottfried Leibniz
Much of our love is confined to mere lip service and dreams of good deeds accomplished, but true love must be expressed in unselfish acts… — Jack H. Goaslind
Godfulness is simply recognizing the primacy of a presence of love, spaciousness, grace, generativity, caring, and creativity in the world and in myself. How can… — David Spangler
Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of… — Confucius
In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences. — Pope John Paul II

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