Mere Quotes

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Nothing in our lives is a mere insignificant detail to God. — Oswald Chambers
Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery -… — Bruce Lee
Science, is the creation by humans of a particular paradigm and methodology for discovering truth and understanding reality. Hence it can never fully reflect the… — Stephen A. Diamond
Aristotle... a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless. — Francis Bacon
Alow immortality to work through you. Be but a mere instrument. And that instrument should be so absorbed in the perfect perfection of existence, that… — Frederick Lenz
Go out of the house to see the moon, and't is mere tinsel; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Knowledge for its own sake was meaningless, its mere accumulation a waste of time. Knowledge must lead to understanding. — Moses Finley
I think that the mere fact that I'm doing it ought to inspire someone. In junior high school the counselor suggested that I focus on… — Christopher Darden
We may worship a picture as God, but not God as the picture. God in the picture is right, but the picture as God is… — Swami Vivekananda
The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be born in a… — Oscar Wilde
The distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are… — Jules Verne
Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the ameliorations that it offers, life would… — H. L. Mencken
Those who have a why to live for can bear almost any how. The necessary premise is that a person is somehow more than his… — Saul Bellow
I will burn, but this is a mere incident. We shall continue our discussion in eternity. — Michael Servetus
Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands. — Henry Ward Beecher
Mere physical sitting is not enough. You have to sit carefully and attentively. Let your body and breathing sit. Let your mind and emotions sit.… — Taizan Maezumi
Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues, and so on.… — H. L. Mencken
By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle or doctrine; but… — William Penn
The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage. — Baron de Montesquieu
These are no ordinary claims; and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a subdued interest; much less to… — Simon Greenleaf

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