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Power politics existed before Machiavelli was ever heard of; it will exist long after his name is only a faint memory. What he did, like… — Max Lerner
It was a reaction from the old idea of "protoplasm", a name which was a mere repository of ignorance. — John B. S. Haldane
We need a name for the new replicator, a noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation.… — Richard Dawkins
The Bread that we need each day to grow in eternal life, makes of our will a docile instrument of the Divine Will; sets the… — Edith Stein
There can be no high civility without a deep morality, though it may not always call itself by that name. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We go to gain a little patch of ground that hath in it no profit but the name. — William Shakespeare
As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name. — Sarada Devi
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience? — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
When the judge calls the criminal's name out he stands up, and they are immediately linked by a strange biology that makes them both opposite… — Jean Genet
Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of one's true being.… — Ramana Maharshi
And the end of the fight is tombstone white with the name of the late deceased, and the epitaph drear, "A Fool lies here who… — Rudyard Kipling
I want to be taken playfully, not seriously - not with a long British face, but with beautiful laughter. Your laughter, your playfulness is the… — Rajneesh
Why do people hanker for the home? - security, safety. But in the name of security and safety, they don't make homes, they make prisons… — Rajneesh
Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls. — William Shakespeare
Past and future are two aspects of the same coin. The name of the coin is mind. — Rajneesh
One of the names of Buddha is TATHAGATA - one who lives in suchness, one who has become free from all the distractions of the… — Rajneesh
You can call it tathata, suchness. 'Suchness' is a Buddhist way of expressing that there is something in you which always remains in its intrinsic… — Rajneesh
Greed arises only because your present moment is empty, and to live in an empty moment hurts very much. To forget it you project greed… — Rajneesh
Remember, don't start trying to relax; that is the most absurd thing in the world. And there are many stupid people writing books about relaxation.… — Rajneesh
They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in… — Dorothy Day
A good name is better than bags of gold. — Miguel de Cervantes
Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Repentance is another name for aspiration. — Henry Ward Beecher

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