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There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times… — James Buchan
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger… — Lewis Carroll
Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild. — Dante Alighieri
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard… — Chanakya
The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial… — George Washington
It is the mark of our whole modern history that the masses are kept quiet with a fight. They are kept quiet by the fight… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus… — Laozi
We talk to ourselves incessantly about our world. In fact we maintain our world with our internal talk. And whenever we finish talking to ourselves… — Carlos Castaneda
Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise above them to the eternal… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus they bless. — James E. Faust
He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings in speaking of… — Laozi
Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I also teach; verily,… — Laozi
Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a small kingdom humbles… — Laozi
Mathematics has the completely false reputation of yielding infallible conclusions. Its infallibility is nothing but identity. Two times two is not four, but it is… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness -… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
This does not mean that the enemy is to be allowed to escape. The object is to make him believe that there is a road… — Sun Tzu
I could never have known so well how paltry men are, and how little they care for really high aims, if I had not tested… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality. — Charles Darwin
Malthus argued a century and a half ago that man, by using up all his available resources, would forever press on the limits of subsistence,… — John F. Kennedy
The theist can only find meaning by leaving this life for a transcendental world beyond the grave. The human world as he finds it is… — Paul Kurtz

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