Thus Quotes
2771 quotes by 1600 authors
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Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first, the…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their minds with falsehood…
— Winston Churchill
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And one more idea which may be laughed and sneered at in some supposedly sophisticated circles, but I just have to believe that the loving…
— Ronald Reagan
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Thus the woman, who had perversely exceeded her proper bounds, is forced back to her own position. She had, indeed, previously been subject to her…
— John Calvin
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To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in quest of acclaim. As media…
— John Donne
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Satan had two conditions [to his plan]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would have the honor. In other…
— James E. Faust
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Once you get them running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time...…
— Stonewall Jackson
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It's a strange sort of attack, to be sure: a wonderfully pacific attack, a supportive attack, an attack without the slightest intention or capacity to…
— Hendrik Hertzberg
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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those…
— Laozi
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There are many different kinds of power. True power comes from serving and helping others. Such behavior makes people respect you. They are willing to…
— Dalai Lama
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There is another way in which this idea of mercy and selfless charity can be put into practice; that is, by looking upon work as…
— Swami Vivekananda
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But only in their dreams can men be truly free. It was always thus and always thus will be.
— Robin Williams
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The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an…
— Jean Piaget
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How was it that, even in the common tasks of an ordinary life, Jesus drew the praise of heaven? At the core of His being,…
— Francis Frangipane
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A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he…
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The men and woman who make the best boon companions seem to have given up hope of doing something else...some defect of talent or opportunity…
— John Jay Chapman
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By tuning in to your minute-to-minute stream of consciousness, you discover the addictions that make you worried, anxious, resentful, uptight, afraid, angry, bored, etc. You…
— Ken Keyes Jr.
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Whoever wishes to acquire a deep acquaintance with Nature must observe that there are analogies which connect whole branches of science in a parallel manner,…
— William Stanley Jevons
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The members of the department became like the Athenians who, according to the Apostle Paul, "spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell…
— Joel Henry Hildebrand
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