Merely Quotes

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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart. — Erica Jong
The instructions of the teacher consist then merely in a hint, a touch-enough to give a start to the child. The rest develops of itself. — Maria Montessori
What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future. — Andy Stanley
The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is… — Audre Lorde
What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis of… — George Washington
Unless we learn from history, we are destined to repeat it. This is no longer merely an academic exercise, but may contain our worlds fate… — Alex Haley
We are persons whose bodies can be objectively studied according to the impersonal laws of physics but whose minds are subjectively experienced in ways science… — B. Alan Wallace
Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it. — Chief Seattle
Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective. — Albert Schweitzer
An individual's harmony with his or her 'own deep self' requires not merely a journey to the interior but a harmonizing with the environmental world. — James Hillman
Oh, you think the darkness is your ally, but you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. — Helen Keller
It is willingness of people to give of themselves over and above the demands of the job that distinguishes the great from the merely adequate. — Peter Drucker
Training- training is everything; training is all there is to a person. We speak of nature; it is folly; there is no such thing as… — Mark Twain
If the art is created with the whole person, then the work will come out whole. Education must teach, reach, and vibrate the whole person… — Stephen Nachmanovitch
Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in… — Joe Frazier
Faith consists not in ignorance, but in knowledge - knowledge not of God merely...but when we recognize God as a propitious Father through the reconciliation… — John Calvin
Travel doesn't merely broaden the mind. It makes the mind. — Bruce Chatwin
We ask the leaf, "Are you complete in yourself?" And the leaf answers, "No, my life is in the branches." We ask the branch, and… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Non-thinking is an act of annihilation, a wish to negate existence, an attempt to wipe out reality. But existence exists; reality is not to be… — Ayn Rand
Merely gathering knowledge may become the most useless work a man can do. What can you do to help and heal the world? That is… — Henry Ford
A good civilisation spreads over us freely like a tree, varying and yielding because it is alive. A bad civilisation stands up and sticks out… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We must continue to pursue the thought that we do not merely belong to the Kingdom - the Kingdom belongs to us. — E. Stanley Jones
The meaning ascribed in popular usage to the word 'selfishness' is not merely wrong: it represents a devastating intellectual 'package-deal,' which is responsible, more than… — Ayn Rand
It is not as late as you think. It is merely early - in the age of the rebirth of individualism. — Ayn Rand
The naturally advantaged are not to gain merely because they are more gifted, but only to cover the costs of training and education and for… — John Rawls

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