Nor Quotes
6149 Nor quotes by 3085 unique authors
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When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor…
— Abraham Lincoln
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We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Non-doing has nothing to do with being indolent or passive. Quite the contrary. It takes great courage and energy to cultivate non-doing, both in stillness…
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is…
— Pema Chodron
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Atheism is based upon a materialist philosophy, which holds that nothing exists but natural phenomena. There are no supernatural forces or entities, nor can there…
— Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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The more a man is imbued with the ordered regularity of all events the firmer becomes his conviction that there is no room left by…
— Albert Einstein
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The prejudice of unfounded belief often degenerates into the prejudice of custom, and becomes at last rank hypocrisy. When men, from custom or fashion or…
— Thomas Paine
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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive. I am not young, and I love life. But…
— Bertrand Russell
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Today, almost half a century after the publication of the Encyclical [of Pius IX], new knowledge has led to the recognition in the theory of…
— Pope John Paul II
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We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people of all beliefs.…
— Ronald Reagan
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Long conversations with pals when neither you nor they have had a drink can be a test of palship.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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This much I can say with definiteness - namely, that there is no scientific basis for the denial of religion - nor is there in…
— Robert Andrews Millikan
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How so many absurd rules of conduct, as well as so many absurd religious beliefs, have originated, we do not know; nor how it is…
— Charles Darwin
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Use the head, use the heart, and if you can use both a tremendous revolution will happen. If you can use both you will become…
— Rajneesh
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Because of watching your breath and thoughts you have come to know now that you are neither thoughts nor your breath, you are the watcher,…
— Rajneesh
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Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable.
— Anna Julia Cooper
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More and more individuals worldwide are realizing that war does not solve conflict, nor resolve long-standing cycles of violence. As more of those who have…
— Scilla Elworthy
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I believe that at every level of society the key to a happier world is the growth of compassion. We do not need to become…
— Dalai Lama
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A kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.
— Sun Tzu
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If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The…
— Sun Tzu
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If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the…
— Sun Tzu
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No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. If…
— Sun Tzu
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My call for a spiritual revolution is not a call for a religious revolution. Nor is it a reference to a way of life that…
— Dalai Lama
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...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It…
— Robert Kennedy
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