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There are endless ways to amuse oneself and be idle, and most of them lie outside the woods. I assume that when a man goes… — Wendell Berry
Teachers may think they are stuffing minds, but all they are ever affecting is the memory. Nothing can ever be forced into anyone's mind except… — Mortimer Adler
Everybody in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Matter of fact, the exact opposite word of 'hip-hop,' I think, is 'gay.' Like yo, you play a… — Kanye West
It should be clear that the death penalty does just the opposite of promoting decency and respect for life. It dehumanizes people and promotes murder.… — John Morrison
Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one whose opinion may… — Immanuel Kant
When an economist says the evidence is "mixed," he or she means that theory says one thing and data says the opposite. — Richard Thaler
A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had… — Marcus Buckingham
It is the stretched soul that makes music, and souls are stretched by the pull of opposites-opposite bents, tastes, yearnings, loyalties. Where there is no… — Eric Hoffer
Grace is the very opposite of merit... Grace is not only undeserved favor, but it is favor, shown to the one who has deserved the… — Henry Allen Ironside
In the New Testament grace means God's love in action towards men who merited the opposite of love. Grace means God moving heaven and earth… — J I Packer
So let's raise the tone of the debate. Too often at the moment we look like schoolchildren squabbling over a toy - our most precious… — Roz Savage
The pleasures of love are pains that become desirable, where sweetness and torment blend, and so love is voluntary insanity, infernal paradise, and celestial hell… — Umberto Eco
It is no strain of metaphor to say that the love of God and the wrath of God are the same thing, described from opposite… — Unknown Author
It is, let me say, at the very least by no means self-evident that there is more liberty, equality, and fraternity in the world today… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Do you really know the living Jesus - not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard the loving words… — Mother Teresa
A long time ago, there were lovers that lived on the opposite ends of a river. They promised to meet when the camellia flowers bloomed.… — John the Apostle
In the spiritual realm, the opposite of ignorance is not knowledge, it's obedience. — Howard G. Hendricks
Contrary to popular belief, we do not face a choice between economy and ecology, It is often said that protecting the environment would constrain or… — Kofi Annan
Mr. McCabe thinks that I am not serious but only funny, because Mr. McCabe thinks that funny is the opposite of serious. Funny is the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Humor is the opposite of all self-admiration and self-praise. — Karl Barth
Thus, flexibility, as displayed by water, is a sign of life. Rigidity, its opposite, is an indicator of death. — Anthony Lawlor
Not the least of the problems in clarifying one's consciousness is developing the stoic determination to criticize one's own softness or sentimentality toward oneself. Ego,… — Kenny Smith
If the maintenance of public credit, then, be truly important, the next enquiry which suggests itself is, by what means it is to be effected?… — Alexander Hamilton
This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, both… — James Madison
States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct. — Alexander Hamilton

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