Object Quotes

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And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced… — Abraham Lincoln
The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state. — Thomas Jefferson
To all of which is added a selection from the elementary schools of subjects of the most promising genius, whose parents are too poor to… — Thomas Jefferson
It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of the… — Noah Webster
The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families… — Benjamin Franklin
Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force… — George Washington
The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left… — Thomas Jefferson
When asked whether he minded if someone smoked in a non-smoking compartment. Certainly not if you don't object if I'm sick. — Thomas Beecham
I hated tobacco. I could have almost lent my support to any institution that had for its object the putting of tobacco smokers to death...I… — Thomas Huxley
You cannot stop smoking directly because it has many related things, implications. You are tense, and if you stop smoking you will start something else… — Rajneesh
Luxury is the opportunity to experience quality, be it a place, a person or an object. — Keanu Reeves
I have spent much time in the study of the abstract sciences; but the paucity of persons with whom you can communicate on such subjects… — Blaise Pascal
I object to religion in science classrooms not because it's religion but because it's not science. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Meditation is the means of unification of the subject and object. Meditate. — Swami Vivekananda
Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which is its nature… — Paul Brunton
With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire. — Sharon Salzberg
When you start meditating on your ego, on your thoughts, on your mind, you are suddenly separate, because whatsoever you meditate on, you are separate… — Rajneesh
Meditation means you don't have anything, any object to think about. You are just in a state of absolute aloneness. You don't have anything on… — Rajneesh
Objects must cease, mind must become just a pure mirror - a mirroring, not mirroring anything - just a mirror without any object in it,… — Rajneesh
Meditation is object-less. If you use any object, then it is not meditation; it becomes thinking. It becomes contemplation; it becomes reflection, but not meditation.… — Rajneesh

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