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John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites undergo a complete transformation when… — Emma Goldman
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. — Edmund Burke
Of Belief Human mathematics, so to speak, like the length of life, are subject to the doctrine of chances. — William Godwin
Let the man who would hear God speak, read Holy Scriptures. — Martin Luther
A friend is more to be longed for than the light; I speak of a genuine one. And wonder not: for it were better for… — Saint John Chrysostom
Music does not know the difference between people; it only speaks to their hearts. It is the only form of communication that can bring this… — Riccardo Muti
The evidence of history speaks with a single voice. I do not know any exception to the proposition that if you compare like with like,… — Milton Friedman
There are many more languages than we think: and man betrays himself more often than he desires. How things speak! - but there are very… — Unknown Author
A professor is one who can speak on any subject - for precisely fifty minutes. — Norbert Wiener
Real spiritual growth is always growth downward, so to speak, into profounder humility, which in healthy souls will become more and more apparent as they… — J I Packer
God is very precise in this point; he will say to such as invent ways to worship him of their own, coin means to mortify… — William Gurnall
Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold,… — J C Ryle
The Great Spirit is everywhere; he hears whatever is in our minds and our hearts, and it is not necessary to speak to Him in… — Black Elk
We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an impression of being a man or being a woman. — Judith Butler
Your silence exists as does my self gathering. But so does the almost absolute silence of the world's dawning. In such suspension, before every utterance… — Luce Irigaray
When attachment arises in the place of love, it sees the other as separate; it grasps and needs. Attachment is conditional; it seeks control and… — Jack Kornfield
Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some cases the best practice may… — Jack Kornfield
The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of totally culminated enlightenment.… — Dogen
An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence. — Irving Kristol
My wit is more polished than your mustache. The truth which I speak strikes more sparks from men's hearts than your spurs do from the… — Edmond Rostand
Actions speak louder than meetings. — Lee Clow
Dorothy Day, of blessed memory, did not like to be called (as she often was, for good reason) a saint, because it usually meant that… — William Stringfellow
I was asked to speak about Canadian politics. It may not be true, but it's legendary that if you're like all Americans, you know almost… — Stephen Harper
Nearly all Italian officers speak French. — Hugh Dalton
I know that the right kind of leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine who must not in any way permit himself… — Aneurin Bevan

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