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Honor, without money, is a mere malady. — Jean Racine
The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a… — Laozi
Consumerism has led us to become used to an excess and daily waste of food, to which, at times, we are no longer able to… — Pope Francis
Impurity is a mere superimposition under which your real nature has become hidden. But the real you is already perfect, already strong. — Swami Vivekananda
Let's not be naive, we're not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not… — Pope Francis
Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book. — Bruce Lee
Do not use thought to ground a political practice in Truth; nor political action to discredit, as mere speculation, a line of thought. Use political… — Michel Foucault
Peace isn't the mere absence of violence; peace must come from inner peace. And inner peace comes from taking others’ interests into account. — Dalai Lama
The state is an organization of mere mortals who, by one dubious method or another, have been allowed to don the mantle of political legitimacy… — Sheldon Richman
Self-worth is an understanding on the intellectual level, trusting at the heart level, and accepting at the soul level that you are worthy just because… — Iyanla Vanzant
Hope, for the Christian, is not wishful thinking or mere blind optimism. It is a mode of knowing, a mode within which new things are… — N. T. Wright
If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness. And it appears, from all the records, that though He has often… — C.S. Lewis
Ninety-nine Christians in every hundred are merely playing at Bible study; and therefore ninety-nine Christians in every hundred are mere weaklings, when they might be… — Reuben Archer Torrey
Sachin Tendulkar is a genius. I'm a mere mortal. — Brian Lara
If mere mechanical efficiency can make everyone a martial artist, then all is well. Unfortunately, combat, like freedom, is something that can not be preconceived. — Bruce Lee
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

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