Permit Quotes

614 quotes by 485 authors

I have discovered the value of psychology and psychiatry, that their teachings can undo knots in us and permit life to flow again and aid… — Jean Vanier
We have made men proud of most vices, but not of cowardice. Whenever we have almost succeeded in doing so, God permits a war or… — C.S. Lewis
There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told. — Edgar Allan Poe
Customs change with time, so it isn't fair to permit change only when you happen to approve of it but condemn change citing biblical authority… — Deepak Chopra
I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man. — Booker T. Washington
The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he… — Frank Herbert
If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the… — Paramahansa Yogananda
States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently about states' rights… — Robert Kennedy
To ride a bicycle is in itself some protection against superstitious fears, since the bicycle is the product of pure reason applied to motion. Geometry… — Angela Carter
And you're not leaving," she said. "Promise me." It was as if she had asked him to promise to keep breathing, to notice sunshine, to… — Sharon Shinn
A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his… — Ayn Rand
If a dream can tell the future it can also thwart that future. For God will not permit that we shall know what is to… — Cormac McCarthy
I have no enemies. I dont permit such a thing. — Cormac McCarthy
Old Marley was as dead as a doornail. Mind! I don't mean to say that, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about… — Charles Dickens
[Flaubert] didnâ€™t just hate the railway as such; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress. What was the point of… — Julian Barnes
You refuse to own yourself, you permit others to do it for you — Margaret Atwood
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him. — Epictetus
Holmes had cultivated the ability to still the noise of the mind, by smoking his pipe and playing nontunes on the violin. He once compared… — Laurie R. King
Good cheer is a state of mind or mood that promotes happiness or joy... With Godâ€™s help, good cheer permits us to rise above the… — Marvin J. Ashton
More to the point, I know why soldiers, home from war, seldom tell their families about their exploits in more than general terms. We who… — Dean Koontz

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