Sufficient Reason Quotes
20 quotes by 17 authors
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The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the…
— Steven Brust
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If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another.
— Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory…
— Ferdinand Magellan
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When talking about unicorns, minotaurs, or compassionate conservatives, one does not normally have to prove their non-existence; the mere lack of any evidence is sufficient…
— Peter Stone
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People do want to know, there is curiosity, it is a matter of public interest. That is not sufficient reason to disclose information. It is…
— Tharman Shanmugaratnam
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When the virus of restlessness begins to take possession of a wayward man, and the road away from Here seems broad and straight and sweet,…
— John Steinbeck
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However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet remains no sufficient…
— Pope Pius XI
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What could ever be a sufficient reason for excusing in any way the direct murder of the innocent? This is precisely what we are dealing…
— Pope Pius XI
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Seen through the eyes of faith, religion's future is secure. As long as there are human beings, there will be religion for the sufficient reason…
— Huston Smith
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The truth is, however, that every religion form is superior to the others in a particular respect, and it is this characteristic that in fact…
— Frithjof Schuon
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There is always sufficient reason for despair, but there is never sufficient purpose.
— Robert Breault
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There is no such thing as a list of reasons. There is either one sufficient reason or a list of excuses.
— Robert Breault
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If I am interested, amazed, stimulated to work, that is sufficient reason to thank the gods, and go ahead!
— Edward Weston
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The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
— Vincent Van Gogh
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My dad hates umbrellas, said Deeba, swinging her own. When it rains he always says the same thing. 'I do not believe the presence of…
— China Mieville
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We should recognize the reality that just because something is good is not sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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I used to worry about what life was for - now being alive seems sufficient reason.
— Marion Milner
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The very fact that doctrine is hewn from bitter controversy and tested through time is sufficient reason to make them a focus of theology.
— Stanley Hauerwas
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If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another... after the war is on.
— Robert M. La Follette
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