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- The sobs and tears of joy he had not foreseen rose with such force within him that his whole body shook and for a long…
- In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with…
- Drama, instead of telling us the whole of a man's life, must place him in such a situation, tie such a knot, that when it…
- As we live through thousands of dreams in our present life, so is our present life only one of many thousands of such lives which…
- It is a rude feeling, because it is natural only to people standing on the lowest level of morality, and expecting from other nations such…
- True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important.…
- Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not to think about…
- If a man's aspirations towards a righteous life are serious.. .if he earnestly and sincerely seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is…
- By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but also the belief…
- The vegetarian movement ought to fill with gladness the souls of those who have at heart the realization of God's kingdom upon earth, not because…
- I am sure that nothing has such a decisive influence upon a man's course as his personal appearance, and not so much his appearance as…
- The Jew - is the symbol of eternity. ... He is the one who for so long had guarded the prophetic message and transmitted it…
- After the doctor's departure Koznyshev felt inclined to go to the river with his fishing rod. He was fond of angling, and seemed proud of…
- For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as…
- Rest, nature, books, music...such is my idea of happiness.
- Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much as you will, it is always quite new.
- What is now happening to the people of the East as of the West is like what happens to every individual when he passes from…
- War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of…
- If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's…
- I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth…
- A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who…
- He liked fishing and seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.
- There are such repulsive faces in the world.
- Each man lives for himself, uses his freedom to achieve his personal goals, and feels with his whole being that right now he can or…
- Something magical has happened to me: like a dream when one feels frightened and creepy, and suddenly wakes up to the knowledge that no such…
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- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
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- A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like… — Rudolf Arnheim
- The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and… — Chester A. Arthur
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of… — William Henry Ashley
- I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my… — Isaac Asimov
- We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us.… — Julian Assange
- The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely… — Rowan Atkinson
- But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness… — Rowan Atkinson
- I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune. — David Attenborough
- All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that… — David Attenborough