Mere Quotes

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All objects whether pleasant, unpleasant or neutral, are mere appearances to the mind just like things experienced in a dream — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
The cry that 'fantasy is escapist' compared to the novel is only an echo of the older cry that novels are 'escapist' compared with biography,… — Tom Shippey
When the healthy pursuit of self-interest and self-realizatio n turns into self-absorption , other people can lose their intrinsic value in our eyes and become… — P. M. Forni
If I were given a change of life, I'd like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer. — Wilt Chamberlain
The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace is not just the mere absence of violence or disturbance. It's when there is a possibility of conflict, but you deliberately avoid violence and… — Dalai Lama
Want to lose weight? Kick a bad habit? Well you might want to try hypnosis! ... no longer regarded as mere hocus-pocus, it's been shown… — Jane Pauley
There is a kind of preaching that God blesses, specifically the proclamation that exalts the crucified Christ by the power of the Spirit. Conversely, there… — Steve Lawson
God welcomes genuine service, and that is the service of a soul that offers the bare and simple sacrifice of truth; but from false service,… — Philo
The ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever… — Henri Frederic Amiel
It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility. — Joseph Conrad
Ordinary love is mere animal attraction. Otherwise why is the distinction between the sexes? If one kneels before an image, it is dreadful idolatry; but… — Swami Vivekananda
A dining room table with children's eager hungry faces around it, ceases to be a mere dining room table, and becomes an altar. — Simeon Strunsky
Human life is not some sort of race or game in which each person should start from an identical mark. It is an attempt by… — Murray Rothbard
But the mere truth won't do. You must have a lawyer. — Charles Dickens
If the concept of consciousness were to fall to science, what would happen to our sense of moral agency and free will? If conscious experience… — Daniel Dennett
In this deed is my hope, not in the mere timeless fact that God is love. I am saved not by the beautiful Trinitarian life… — Peter Kreeft
Kindness-mere kindness-cannot tolerate suffering. Love can. — Peter Kreeft
Knowledge of facts is important. Knowledge of truth is essential. Yet our Lord's concern goes beyond mere head knowledge. He wants us not only to… — Wayne Mack
Our world does not exist from its own side--like a dream world, it is a mere appearance to our mind. In dreams we can see… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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