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I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the Greek notion of allowing Chance to take a formative hand… — Robertson Davies
People believe I am what they see Me as, rather than what they do not see. But I am the Great Unseen, not what I… — Neale Donald Walsch
To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking… — Dalai Lama
I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead. — Homer
Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things.… — Richard Koch
The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you… — Khalil Gibran
If your words do not have a smile, if you do not talk heart to heart, and you decide everything with your head, it is… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
The first part of the spiritual journey should properly be called psychological rather than spiritual because it involves peeling away the myths and illusions that… — Sam Keen
God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our natures. God loves purity so… — William Gurnall
Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the… — Charles Hodge
At this stage you must admit that whatever is seen to be sentient is nevertheless composed of atoms that are insentient. The phenomena open to… — Lucretius
The foundations of population genetics were laid chiefly by mathematical deduction from basic premises contained in the works of Mendel and Morgan and their followers.… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
[The internet] ought to be like clay, rather than a sculpture that you observe from a distance. — Tim Berners-Lee
It is in scientific honesty that I endorse the presentation of alternative theories for the origin of the universe, life and man in the science… — Wernher von Braun
These principles have given me a way of explaining naturally the union or rather the mutual agreement [conformité] of the soul and the organic body.… — Gottfried Leibniz
I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as a 'body of knowledge,' but… — Karl Popper
Scientists constantly get clobbered with the idea that we spent 27 billion dollars on the Apollo programs, and are asked "What more do you want?"… — Carl Sagan
The truly scientific mind is altogether unafraid of the new, and while having no mercy for ideas which have served their turn or shown their… — Wilfred Trotter
When two texts, or two assertions, perhaps two ideas, are in contradiction, be ready to reconcile them rather than cancel one by the other; regard… — Marguerite Yourcenar
[Professor Pauling] confesses that he had harboured the feeling that sooner or later he would be the one to get the DNA structure; and although… — Linus Pauling
You must open a little, or rather raise on high your corolla so that the Bread of Angels may come as divine dew to strengthen… — Therese of Lisieux
Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another. War springs from… — Robert Runcie
The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right. — Peter Drucker
The true slogan of a true democracy is not `Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I'd rather spend money on things that improve the customer experience than on marketing. — Tony Hsieh

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