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Perhaps there is no other knowing than the mere competence of the act. If at the heart of one's being, there is no self to… — Alan Watts
Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice. — Walter Raleigh
He didn't know whether we created God in our own image or whether God created us without quite knowing what he was doing. He believed… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Education, in its highest sense, is conscious training of mind or body to act unconsciously. It is conscious formation of mental habits, not mere acquisition… — William George Jordan
The dullard finds even wine tasteless, while the sorcerer is intoxicated by the mere sight of water. — Hakim Bey
Psychedelic drugs undoubtedly open the doors to the mind's panopticon, but what we see in the mental mirrors are mere distortions of reality, not reality… — Georg Feuerstein
Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost… — Oliver Goldsmith
Not just in China, but everywhere in the world without exception, one either leans to the side of imperialism or the side of socialism. Neutrality… — Mao Zedong
Tao is obscured when men understand only one pair of opposites, or concentrate only on a partial aspect of being. Then clear expression also becomes… — Zhuangzi
Transcending class distinctions, the speaker [Stalin] portrays the relation between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat as a mere division of labor. The workers and soldiers… — Leon Trotsky
Mere lack of success does not discredit a method, for there are many things that determine and perpetuate our sanctified ways of doing things besides… — James Harvey Robinson
The principle of real leadership ignored, the immortal objects of society forgotten, practical conservatism degenerated into mere laudation of private enterprise, economic policy almost wholly… — Russell Kirk
Action is the music of our life. Like music, it starts from a pause of leisure, a silence of activity which our initiative attacks; then… — Salvador de Madariaga
. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship. — Aristotle
So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularization of printing in the… — Alfred North Whitehead
Some days the mere fact of seeing feels like perfect happiness... You feel so rich you long to share your jubilation with others. The memory… — Robert Doisneau
Health is not the mere absence of disease, it is the dynamic expression of life. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Whether we consider the individual, family, local, national or international level, peace must arise from inner peace. For example, making prayers for peace while continuing… — Dalai Lama
Everyone who believes in God must have His revelation in his spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals… — Watchman Nee
Unless you make tremendous efforts, you will not be convinced that effort will take you nowhere. The self is so self-confident that unless it is… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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