Merely Quotes

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Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversations. — Elizabeth Drew
Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and re-read them...digest them...a student will find that his… — Charles Spurgeon
It is an unfortunate personal tragedy. However, when compared to the vast ocean of the collective tragedy faced by my people, my illness is merely… — Unknown Author
I've continued to recognize the power individuals have to change virtually anything and everything in their lives in an instant. I've learned that the resources… — Tony Robbins
Christmas is a mood, a quality, a symbol. It is never merely a fact. — Howard Thurman
But remember that intent is everything. One does not just jump, one lifts into the air, one rises. In the same way the lifted leg… — Agnes de Mille
Listening is not merely hearing. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is active. — Michael Shurtleff
You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film - you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you live these two… — Daniel Day-Lewis
Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing. — Ralph Richardson
Yoga exercises are excellent; the speaker does them every day, for an hour or more; but that is merely physical exercise, to keep the body… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
There is, however, equally great incentive to worship and love God in the thought that, for some unfathomable reason, He wants me as His friend,… — J I Packer
It is God who gives us the spirit of worship (Psalm 133:3), and it is what we know of God that produces this spirit of… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
Worship is a response to greatness. A man does not become a worshipper merely by saying, "Now I shall become a worshipper." That is impossible.… — Tom Wells
The myths connected with individual sanctuaries and ceremonies were merely part of the apparatus of the worship; they served to excite the fancy and sustain… — William Robertson Smith
It is easy to suppose that few people realize on that occasion, which comes to all of us, when we look at the blue sky… — Wallace Stevens
It skims in through the eye, and by means of the utterly delicate retina hurls shadows like insect legs inward for translation. Then an immense… — John Updike
Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little… — Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
Teaching is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to let learn. The real teacher, in fact, lets nothing else be… — Martin Heidegger
Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn! — Galen
In a society where all are related, simple decisions require the approval of nearly everyone in that society. It is society as a whole, not… — Rebecca Adamson

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