Merely Quotes

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True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind. — Mahatma Gandhi
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind...… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is a wide difference between the original thinker and the merely learned man. — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is not sufficient merely to be a great master in painting and very wise, but I think that it is necessary for the painter… — Michelangelo
Everybody enjoys the freedom he deserves, which is measured by the stature and dignity of his person or by his function, and not by the… — Julius Evola
The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they… — Philip Yancey
Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do. — William Shakespeare
I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to make… — Gail Carriger
Enlightenment consists not merely in the seeing of luminous shapes and visions, but in making the darkness visible. The latter procedure is more difficult and… — Carl Jung
To be truly Catholic is not merely to be correct according to an abstractly universal standard of truth, but also and above all to be… — Thomas Merton
The strongest climbers aren’t always the happiest or nicest to be around; neither are some of them coming from the purest motivation. Climbing another V17… — Chris Sharma
Without making the fundamental choice to be the predominant creative force in your life, no matter what you do to attempt to benefit yourself or… — Robert Fritz
Think of things not as they are, but as they might be. Don't merely dream- but create. — Robert Collier
This world is not a place merely to live in, nor a place in which to do certain kinds of business; it is a great… — J.R. Miller
Bread is the king of the table and all else is merely the court that surrounds the king. The countries are the soup, the meat,… — Louis Bromfield
You are not an alcoholic or an addict. You are not incurably diseased. You have merely become dependent on substances or addictive behavior to cope… — Chris Prentiss
Most national advertising is done without justification. It is merely presumed to pay. A little test might show a way to multiply returns — Claude C. Hopkins
Do nothing to merely interest, assume or attract. This is not your province. Do only that wins the people you are after in the cheapest… — Claude C. Hopkins
When we do align with it, we thrive. And when we do not, we suffer. This is not "punishment." It is merely the Law of… — Marianne Williamson
Once you have grace," I said to him, "you are free. Without it, you cannot help doing the things you know you should not do,… — Thomas Merton
The greatest wisdom is to make the enjoyment of the present the supreme object of life; because that is the only reality, all else being… — Arthur Schopenhauer
On the subject of the history of the American Revolution, you ask who shall write it? Who can write it? And who will ever be… — Thomas Jefferson
Once you admit that the individual is merely a means to serve the ends of the higher entity called society or the nation, most of… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Man must live, not only exist; he must do, not merely be; he must grow, not just vegetate. — Spencer W. Kimball
It will not do merely to listen to great principles. You must apply them in the practical field, turn them into constant practice. What will… — Swami Vivekananda

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