Mere Quotes

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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
The difference between mere management and leadership is communication. — Winston Churchill
They [the disciples] were testifying to the resurrection, a question of fact, not merely of faith. They were convinced of an event. And their willingness… — Dave Hunt
But you are alone. Yet I never tell what you are. And if your face lights up my world as no other can - well,… — Josiah Royce
There are two principles inherent in the very nature of things, recurring in some particular embodiments whatever field we explore - the spirit of change,… — Alfred North Whitehead
The maiden Olympics had more to protest about than mere war, though. Central to its ethos was a rejection of two establishments the political one,… — Adrian Mitchell
The time has already come when each country needs a considered national policy about what size of population, whether larger or smaller than at present… — John Maynard Keynes
The mere mention of the Farakka Express, which jerks its way eastward each day from Delhi to Calcutta, is enough to throw even a seasoned… — Tahir Shah
Mere praise of peace is easy and ineffective. What is needed is acitve participation in the fight against war and everything which leads to it. — Albert Einstein
Mere nails, though pounded deep, were not enough to keep Jesus on the cross. But love was... and love prevailed. — Louie Giglio
The mere understanding, however useful and indispensable, is the meanest faculty in the human mind and the most to be distrusted. — Thomas de Quincey
Many a prophecy, by the mere force of its being believed, is transmuted to fact. — Isaac Asimov
The librarian's mission should be, not like up to now, a mere handling of the book as an object, but rather a know how (mise… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The strong are always free by virtue of their superior strength. So long as government is a mere contest as to which of two parties… — Lysander Spooner
The mere summoning of a witness and compelling him to testify against his will, about his beliefs, expressions or associations, is a measure of governmental… — Earl Warren
We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and… — Ernest Thompson Seton

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