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Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be… — Confucius
If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, - it is the… — James A. Garfield
It is better to give love. Hatred is a low and degrading motion and is so poisonous that no man is strong enough to use… — Thomas Dreier
For our self respect depends upon our ability to make requital, for good or for evil. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The definition of morality: Morality is the idiosyncrasy of decadents having the hidden desire to revenge themselves upon life - and being successful. — Friedrich Nietzsche
That a person cannot and consequently will not defend himself, does not yet cast disgrace upon him in our eyes ; but we despise the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. — William Shakespeare
Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same — Paul Simon
I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to… — Albert Einstein
I will say little of the importance of a good education; nor will I stop to prove that the current one is bad. Countless others… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosophy attempts, not to discover new truths about the world, but to gain a clear view of what we already know and believe about it.… — Michael Dummett
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right — Aldous Huxley
Be strong and of good courage. You are truly royal spirit daughters of Almighty God. You are princesses, destined to become queens. Your own wondrous… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
When you come upon a difficult task ... start. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
As a magnifying glass concentrates the rays of the sun into a little burning knot of heat that can set fire to a dry leaf… — Thomas Merton
To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect on me is to live on the doorstep of hell. Selfishness… — Thomas Merton
Through the fall our nature was stripped of divine illumination and resplendence. But the Logos of God had pity upon our disfigurement, and in His… — Gregory Palamas
By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind sees the path — Antonio Machado
Nature is seen by humans through a screen of beliefs, knowledge, and purposes, and it is in terms of their images of nature, rather than… — Roy Rappaport
If we take shelter of the lotus feet of the spiritual master, we can become free from illusion, fear and distress. If we wholeheartedly beg… — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

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