Merely Quotes

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One who not merely beholds the outward shows of things, but catches a glimpse of the soul that looks out of them, whose garment and… — George MacDonald
It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something… — Ferran Adria
Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy obtains only when the people… — Nawal El Saadawi
Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation. — Paul Collier
To us Germans everything is religion. What we do we do not merely with our hands and brains, but with our hearts and souls. This… — Baldur von Schirach
I didn't say that the Jews are inferior. I didn't even maintain they are a race. I merely saw that the mixture of different cultures… — Alfred Rosenberg
We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it — Michelle Alexander
Once you're labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination - employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial of educational opportunity,… — Michelle Alexander
People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means… — Alice Duer Miller
Only a person with convictions has a genuine possibility to be tolerant. He who accepts no absolute values but clings to polite doubt cannot be… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy. — Jeffrey Tucker
Our mind is a flowing something. It oscillates. Concentration is merely the continuous return to the same problem from a million angles.... So my problem… — Frank Laubach
I have found that there are two ways of dealing with men. Either you treat them with respect, or you kill them. Anything in between… — Unknown Author
If we wish to stop the atrocities, we need merely to step away from the isolation. There is a whole world waiting for us, ready… — Derrick Jensen
Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They should be for us a… — Wei Wu Wei
The loss of the religious understanding of the human condition—that Man is a fallen creature for whom virtue is necessary but never fully attainable—is a… — Theodore Dalrymple
The violence in the Executioner books is merely stage-dressing for dramatizing the commitment and dedication Bolan has to his ideals and the lengths to which… — Don Pendleton
Not merely one of the finest fantasy novels of recent years, but one of the finest ever. Should not be missed — Brian Stableford
There, I was just a secretary-shaped confederation of atoms, fighting the inevitability of mediocrity and decay. But here, in the Juliaverse... energy was never lost,… — Julie Powell
When I looked at my life’s ledger I realized I was a very rich woman. What I was experiencing was merely a temporary cash-flow problem.… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Often God will send us what we need in a package we don't want. Why? To let us know He's God and we cannot second-guess… — John Bevere
We don't want to merely obey God: we need to catch His heart. It is then we will glimpse the wisdom behind His directives, and… — John Bevere
You guys that worry about eating clean are actually merely bodybuilders looking for justification for your obsession with abs. You cannot get big and strong… — Mark Rippetoe
A rich, vibrant, consoling, hard-won prayer life is the one good that makes it possible to receive all other kinds of goods rightly and beneficially.… — Timothy Keller
The greatness of prayer is nothing but an extension of the greatness and glory of God in our lives To fail to pray, then, is… — Timothy Keller

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