Toward Quotes

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The adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered. — Jared Diamond
Be very careful that you do not unconsciously assume that nervous tension is power. This is vital. Watch yourself the next time you work toward… — Vernon Howard
I want nothing less than a faith founded upon a rock, faith in the constitution of things. The various man-made creeds are fictitious, like the… — John Burroughs
When one begins to reflect on philosophy—then philosophy seems to us to be everything, like God, and love. It is a mystical, highly potent, penetrating… — Novalis
The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books –… — James Lovelock
I believe that even 'returning-to-nature' and anti pollution activities, no matter how commendable, are not moving toward a genuine solution if they are carried out… — Masanobu Fukuoka
As man reaches out toward the twenty-first century, he will learn to be suspicious of all ideas that are not formulated so that they can… — Jacque Fresco
I am very optimistic about -- about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see… — Joe Biden
Toward the aborigines of the country no one can indulge a more friendly feeling than myself, or would go further in attempting to reclaim them… — Andrew Jackson
Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to us, new things… — Henri Nouwen
As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a sacred discipline, a guard of… — Henri Nouwen
Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love. Here we see what compassion means. It… — Henri Nouwen
Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true self I already posses. — Parker J. Palmer
The people who help us grow toward true self offer unconditional love, neither judging us to be deficient nor trying to force us to change… — Parker J. Palmer
The correct attitude of the security analyst toward the stock market might well be that of a man toward his wife. He shouldn't pay too… — Benjamin Graham
God seems to be about turning our loves around and using them toward the great love that is their true object. — Richard Rohr
I wear my shadows where they're harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I'm traveling toward light. — Bruce Cockburn
The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after… — Adolf Loos
Martin Wilson's What They Always Tell Us hears the voices of the young as they struggle toward adulthood... — Richard Peck
Each cent you apply toward diminishing your debt replenishes you. — Suze Orman
The little boy had wandered away from his mother, tacking across the grass toward the play structure. His mother watched him go, proud, tickled, unaware… — Michael Chabon
A repetition is the re-enactment of past experience toward the end of isolating the time segment which has lapsed in order that it, the lapsed… — Walker Percy
Despite the popular idea of anarchists as violent men, Anarchism is the one non-violent social philosophy.… The function of the Anarchist is two-fold. By daily… — Ammon Hennacy
Tolerance is an attitude of reasoned patience toward evil... a forbearance that restrains us from showing anger or inflicting punishment. Tolerance applies only to persons...… — Fulton J. Sheen
A woman once described a friend of hers as being such a keen listener that even the trees leaned toward her, as if they were… — Linda Hogan

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