Merely Quotes

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Conservation is not merely a question of morality, but a question of our own survival. — Dalai Lama
Failure is merely feedback that there is something blocking the path of the emergence and expansion of the greatest version of yourself. — Mother Teresa
The channel of art can only become clogged and misdirected by the artist's concern with merely temporary and local disturbances. The song is higher than… — Adrienne Rich
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks. — Alfred North Whitehead
Nature seems to have poured forth her riches so without calculation, merely to mark the fullness of her joy. — Margaret Fuller
Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements that "there are noneconomic values"… — Thomas Sowell
The idea of content in art is today merely a hindrance, a nuisance, a subtle or not so subtle philistinism. — Susan Sontag
It is frequently more rewarding merely to ask pertinent questions. It may get someone to go and look for an answer. — Prince Philip
There is more to fearlessness than merely having overcome fear... This state of being is not dependent on any external circumstances. It is individual dignity...… — Chogyam Trungpa
The meditator develops new depths of insight through direct communication with the reality of the phenomenal world... He or she is able to see not… — Chogyam Trungpa
When we speak of God or achieving union with God, we are often merely trying to put that great thing into a small container. One… — Chogyam Trungpa
If we go somewhere on foot, we know the way perfectly, whereas if we go by car or airplane, we are hardly there at all.… — Chogyam Trungpa
How did we ever get the idea that God would supply us on demand with quick fixes, that God is merely a rescuer and not… — Sue Monk Kidd
The mentality of an army on the march is merely so much delayed adolescence; it remains persistently, incorrigibly and notoriously infantile. — Albert J. Nock
Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place… — Anthony Holden
Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they… — Ludwig von Mises
After 15 years of work I have achieved, as a common German soldier and merely with my fanatical willpower, the unity of the German nation,… — Adolf Hitler
Frightened, I jump up from the bank, the struggle begins anew. Bitterness has returned. I am not Pan in the reed, I am merely a… — Paul Klee
In earlier times artists liked to show what was actually visible... nowadays we are concerned with reality, rather than the merely visible. — Paul Klee
Art or talent, for an artist, is merely a means of applying his personal faculties to the ideas and the things of the period in… — Gustave Courbet
Though colour may appear at first a part of painting merely mechanical, yet it still has its rules, and those grounded upon that presiding principle… — Joshua Reynolds
Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. — Unknown Author
You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good… — A. Powell Davies
Art cannot single-handedly create enthusiasm... it merely contributes to enthusiasm and guides us to be more conscious of feelings that we might previously have experienced… — Alain de Botton
Man seems merely dust postponed: the sublime as an encounter - pleasurable, intoxicating, even - with human weakness in the face of strength, age and… — Alain de Botton

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