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The middle way is still driving on the wrong side of the road; it still permits the killing of the fox for pleasure. One cannot… — Lyndon Harrison, Baron Harrison
Christianity cannot erase man's need for pleasure, nor can it eradicate the various sources of pleasure. What it can do, however, and what it has… — George H. Smith
The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning,… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard… — Lucille Roybal-Allard
Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude. — Frank Muir
The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — Epictetus
It's very important to remember that it's your intellectual property; it's not your computer. And in the pursuit of protection of intellectual property, it's important… — Stewart Baker
This quality of self-denial in pursuit of a longer-term goal and, indeed, the willpower to maintain the denial, is excellent training for the boardroom. — John Viney
[At high school in Cape Town] my interests outside my academic work were debating, tennis, and to a lesser extent, acting. I became intensely interested… — Allan McLeod Cormack
The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment, which at best is found to be very relative, but in the pursuit,… — Unknown Author
The pursuit of science has often been compared to the scaling of mountains, high and not so high. But who amongst us can hope, even… — Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Whoever, in the pursuit of science, seeks after immediate practical utility, may generally rest assured that he will seek in vain. — Hermann von Helmholtz
If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the constitutional ideal of… — William J. Brennan
Real peace comes only when you stop chasing it. When you relax your driving desire for comfort, real fulfillment arises. When you drop your hectic… — Henepola Gunaratana
Acquisition of [higher] knowledge is not the end, but the means to the end; the end consists of the attainment, thanks to this knowledge of… — Rudolf Steiner
It is not eminent talent that is required to ensure success in any pursuit, so much as purpose-not merely the power to achieve, but the… — Samuel Smiles
The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to Congress a power to disarm… — William Rawle
By peace our condition has been improved in the pursuit of civilized life. — Unknown Author
The ordinary patient goes to his doctor because he is in pain or some other discomfort and wants to be comfortable again; he is not… — Wilfred Trotter
With your talents and industry, with science, and that steadfast honesty which eternally pursues right, regardless of consequences, you may promise yourself every thing-but health,… — Thomas Jefferson
Life's opportunities never end. God designed you to be a continual learner, a continual doer, a continual explorer and a continual giver. He never authorized… — Paula White
Most of us live our whole lives without having an adventure to call our own. What is any life without the pursuit of a dream? — Tilda Swinton
The study of infinity is much more than a dry academic game. The intellectual pursuit of the absolute infinity is, as Georg Cantor realized, a… — Rudy Rucker
So long as mankind shall continue to lavish more praise upon its destroyers than upon its benefactors war shall remain the chief pursuit of ambitious… — Edward Gibbon
I love coaching football, and winning a Super Bowl was a goal I've had for a long time. But it has never been my purpose… — Tony Dungy

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