Possible Quotes
8111 Possible quotes by 4730 unique authors
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Historical chronology, human or geological, depends... upon comparable impersonal principles. If one scribes with a stylus on a plate of wet clay two marks, the…
— M. King Hubbert
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Purity perceives and respects the character of sex-its depth, seriousness, intimacy, and true home within wedded love, which alone makes possible the total and mutual…
— Dietrich von Hildebrand
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I haven't the faintest notion what possible revolutionary role white hetero- sexual men could fulfill, since they are the very embodiment of reactionary- vested-interest-power. But…
— Robin Morgan
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I like my sex the way I play basketball, one on one with as little dribbling as possible.
— Leslie Nielsen
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It is precisely because I believe it is not possible to neatly separate the sexual from other sorts of relations that I find the movement…
— Unknown Author
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A civilized society looks with horror upon the abuse and torture of children or adults. Even where capital punishment is practiced, the aim is to…
— Unknown Author
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A belief is not a belief until you can visualize it, unless you can create a picture of it in your minds eye, especially if…
— Hedley Beare
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Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has given us the language and…
— Robert Burton
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It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible.
— Gautama Buddha
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We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far…
— Plato
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Non-participation gives us hardening of the attitude. Life goes on, and if we do not participate, life still goes on. If a negative attitude is…
— Marsha Petrie Sue
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And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and…
— Plato
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If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.
— Dalai Lama
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I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man…
— James R Cook
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Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
— Plato
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If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
— Sophocles
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Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for us to attain…
— Robert Thurman
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Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,…
— Brian Kernighan
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Only when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize what comprises you: pure being.
— Adyashanti
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A miracle is nothing more or less than this. Anyone who has come into a knowledge of his true identity, of his oneness with the…
— Ralph Waldo Trine
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The first step is to find out what you love - and don't be practical about it. The second step is to start doing what…
— Barbara Sher
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Reforesting the earth is possible, given a human touch.
— Sandra Postel
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When all mental activity around who you think you are is stopped, there is a crack in the authority of perception, in the structure of…
— Gangaji
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Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.
— Pat Schneider
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Globalization has not only lost its promise but is embittering many. The forces representing human solidarity and community have no choice but to step in…
— Walden Bello
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