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It may be said that myths give to the transcendent reality an immanent, this-worldly objectivity. Myths speak about gods and demons as powers on which… — Rudolf Bultmann
I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand what they believe.… — Mortimer Adler
Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are… — Thomas Sowell
I thought, "Why? and how did we evolve with this weak, and useless passion in tact within the deep heart's core?" And the answer as… — Meryl Streep
What excites and interests the looker-on at life, what the romances and the statues celebrate, and the grim civic monuments remind us of, is the… — William James
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can. . . . The more of the details… — William James
Music can be soothing or invigorating ennobling or vulgarizing, philosophical or orgiastic. It has powers of evil as well as for good. — Unknown Author
How could the human mind progress, while tormented with frightful phantoms, and guided by men, interested in perpetuating its ignorance and fears? Man has been… — Baron d'Holbach
Community means engaging constructively with like-minded nations to build strong, sustaining institutions and alliances - and bringing emerging powers into this community so future conflict… — Joe Lieberman
Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of… — Joe Baca
People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but to… — Otto Dix
Which of the two powers, Love or Music, can elevate man to the sublimest heights? ... It is a problem, and yet it seems to… — Hector Berlioz
In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed. — John Rawls
The most striking about modern industry is that it requires so much and accomplishes so little. Modern industry seems to be inefficient to a degree… — E F Schumacher
We still have to learn how to live peacefully, not only with our fellow men but also with nature and, above all, with those Higher… — E F Schumacher
I certainly think that a Labour Government will have to have effective powers to control the outflow of capital. — Michael Foot
Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities… — Bertrand Russell
The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again. — Camille Paglia
The value of money has been settled by general consent to express our wants and our property, as letters were invented to express our ideas;… — Edward Gibbon
Literally minutes before the Senate cast its vote, the administration sought to add the words 'in the United States and' after 'appropriate force' in the… — Tom Daschle

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