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The same is true of Love, and the instinctive desire to please those whom we love. The teacher who succeeds in getting herself loved by… — William James
Human nature, at its best, had always been based on a deep heroic restlessness, on wanting something-something else, something more, whether it be true love… — Will Ferguson
A Ming vase can be well-designed and well-made and is beautiful for that reason alone. I don't think this can be true for photography. Unless… — John Loengard
Nature will not be conquered, but gives herself freely to her true lover - to him who revels with her, bathes in her seas, sails… — John Burroughs
The true wisdom of the philosopher ought to insist in enjoying everything. Yet we apply ourselves to dissecting and destroying everything that is good in… — Eugene Delacroix
True success is the only thing that you cannot have unless and until you have offered it to others. — Sri Chinmoy
Killing of animals for food is one thing, but on the other hand they do not exist simply as things to be slaughtered. This is… — Francis Schaeffer
If we are to have broad-thinking men and women of high mentality, of good physique and with a true perspective on life, we must allow… — Arthur Carhart
I try to hold both history and wilderness in mind, that my poems may the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and… — Gary Snyder
A true soldier does not argue as he marches, how success is going to be ultimately achieved. But he is confident that if he only… — Mahatma Gandhi
What gives people superiority at a task is true intention. That makes you attuned to everything. — Werner Erhard
A person never knows their own true face. Everybody thinks that the phoney, posed social mask they wear is their real face. — Shusaku Endo
One thing I am convinced more and more is true, and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others… — William Carlos Williams
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but great deeds. To live in faith that… — Christian D. Larson
Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake. — George Farquhar
The saying "He who teaches others, teaches himself" is very true, not only because constant repetition impresses a fact indelibly on the mind, but because… — John Amos Comenius
The best part about having true friends is that you can go months without seeing them and they'll still be there for you and act… — Ariana Grande
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution. — Unknown Author
A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Insistence on truth can come into play when one party practices untruth or injustice. Only then can love be tested. True friendship is put to… — Mahatma Gandhi
If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause. — Mahatma Gandhi
I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject the notion that… — Andrei Sakharov
A true batsman should in most of his strokes tell the truth about himself. — Neville Cardus
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest… — Seneca the Younger
No member of society has the right to teach any doctrine contrary to what society holds to be true. — Samuel Johnson

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