State Quotes

7915 State quotes by 4102 unique authors

To think that the affairs of this life always remain in the same state is a vain presumption; indeed they all seem to be perpetually… — Miguel de Cervantes
Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union and devotion; it… — Ramana Maharshi
It never takes longer than a few minutes, when they get together, for everyone to revert to the state of nature, like a party marooned… — Michael Chabon
Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen. — Friedrich Nietzsche
To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be… — Calvin Coolidge
Atheism, true 'existential' atheism burning with hatred of a seemingly unjust or unmerciful God, is a spiritual state; it is a real attempt to grapple… — Seraphim Rose
Who will deny that true religion consists, in a great measure, in vigorous and lively actings of the inclination and will of the soul, or… — Jonathan Edwards
The reader must come armed , in a serious state of intellectual readiness. This is not easy because he comes to the text alone. In… — Neil Postman
Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit -- in state, in church… — Chinua Achebe
Illness reduces man to his basic state: a cloaca in which the chemical processes continue. The meaningless hegemony of the involuntary. — Paul Bowles
The perfect state of creative bliss is having power (you are 50) and knowing nothing (you are 9). This assures an interesting and successful outcome. — Tibor Kalman
Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon them. — Baroness Orczy
Rationalism is the idea that we can ever understand anything about the state of being. It's a deathtrip. It always has been. . . .… — Stephen King
When it comes to paying contractors, the sky is the limit; when it comes to financing the basic functions of the state, the coffers are… — Naomi Klein
After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state… — Paulo Coelho
Hope is a state of mind independent of the state of the world. If your heart's full of hope, you can be persistent when you… — William Sloane Coffin
I began to feel the pleasure of the weightless state between here and there — Leslie Feinberg
If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state… — Thomas Jefferson
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law. — Aristotle
In order to get the things I want, it helps me to pretend Iâ€™m a figure in a daytime drama, a schemer. Soap opera characters… — David Sedaris

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