Merely Quotes

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If my false figures came near to the facts, this happened merely by chance ... These comments are not worth printing. Yet it gives me… — Johannes Kepler
The point of mathematics is that in it we have always got rid of the particular instance, and even of any particular sorts of entities.… — Alfred North Whitehead
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance. — Michael Korda
Besides merely some pleasure that we get out of the combinations of pitches together and lines, I think that there is some satisfaction that we… — Leo Ornstein
Gardening is not a rational act. What matters is the immersion of the hands in the earth, that ancient ceremony of which the Pope kissingthe… — Margaret Atwood
Thus you can throw yourself flat on the ground, stretched out upon Mother Earth, with the certain conviction that you are one with her and… — Erwin Schrodinger
Serenity and inner beauty come when we wait upon God. "Waiting" like that is not merely wasting time. — Eva Burrows
Writers do not merely reflect and interpret life, they inform and shape life. — Elwyn Brooks White
The Imagination merely enables us to wander into the darkness of the unknown where, by the dim light of the knowledge we carry, we may… — William Ian Beardmore Beveridge
Prayer is not an act of worship merely, the bending of the knee on set occasions, and offering petitions in need. It is an attitude… — Hugh Black
For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they do but marshal us the way that we are going. — Bergen Evans
The will is not merely assertive, aggressive, and controlling. There is the accepting will, yielding will, the dedicated will. You might say that there is… — Roberto Assagioli
Fascist intellectuals, such as Ugo Spirito, made the round of conferences preaching the virtues of postcapitalism fascism and in fact tried to nudge the structure… — Charles S. Maier
The bull-fighter has merely demonstrated that he is a butcher with balletic tendencies. — Brigid Brophy
The book known by the name of the Apocalypse, has seemed to be until now unintelligible, merely because people persisted to see in it a… — Charles-Francois Dupuis
In other words, the problem of empire-building is essentially mystical. It must somehow foster the impression that a man is great in the degree that… — Felix Morley
What do we mean by the public interest? Some say the public interest is merely what interests the public. I disagree. — Newton N. Minow
Memory is merely the process of tuning into vibrations that have been left behind in space and time. — Michio Kushi
The race question is subsidiary to the class question in politics, and to think of imperialism in terms of race is disastrous. But to neglect… — C L R James
What this country needs is more people to inspire others with confidence, and fewer people to discourage any initiative in the right direction more to… — James Keller
The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression. For the one aims at perpetuating resented injustice,… — C L R James
Spraying to kill trees and and raspberry bushes after a clear-cut merely looks unaesthetic for a short time, but tree plantations are deliberate ecodeath. Yet,… — Bernd Heinrich
Christians, indeed, have a special obligation not to forget how great and how inextinguishable the human proclivity for violence is, or how many victims it… — David Bentley Hart
Christ is a persuasion, a form evoking desire, and the whole force of the gospel depends upon the assumption that this persuasion is also peace:… — David Bentley Hart
Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth. — Hans Bender

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