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We have yet to discover the true incentive, the inner Will which will have an over-mastering effect upon our lives, and yet be present in… — Nilakanta Sri Ram
Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Mecca, in Arabia the man who, of all men exercised the greatest influence… — John William Draper
The things we really need come to us only as gifts, and in order to receive them as gifts we have to be open. In… — Thomas Merton
What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has… — Saint John Chrysostom
A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional objectivity.… — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
We are not called upon to do all the good possible, but only that which we can do. — Unknown Author
Scientists themselves readily admit that they do not fully understand the consequences of our many-faceted assault upon the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land and… — Prince Charles
The brain is the great factory of thought. To it are directed all the forces of nature, forces which, for thousands of years, have been… — Unknown Author
Made up of a dozen billion microscopic nerve-cell units interconnected by millions upon millions of conducting nerve-threads weaving incredibly intricate patterns, the brain, as an… — Unknown Author
We should scarcely be excused in concluding this essay without calling the reader's attention to the beneficent and wise laws established by the author of… — John Dalton
I sent my ex-husband a bully card: You held hate in one heart and spoke niceties with the other, you laid warm hands upon me… — Jenny Jay
The final words of a domestic bully: If you leave me now furious angels will descend upon you and bring you back to me. — Patsy Cline
A criminal trial is like a cultural in-flight test in which society projects its own history, fears, impatience, insolence, clemency, insecurities, dreams and nightmares upon… — Ron Franscell
While the censorious man is most severe in judging others, he is invariably the most ready to repel any animadversions made upon himself. — Elias Lyman Magoon
Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. — Gordon R Dickson
It is painful to reflect upon your failures knowing that you alone caused them. — Clarence H. Burns
Sometime in the eternities to come, we will see that our trials were calculated to cause us to turn to our Heavenly Father for strength… — Delbert L. Stapley
The really tough choices...don't center upon right versus wrong. They involve right versus right. They are genuine dilemmas precisely because each side is firmly rooted… — Rushworth Kidder
In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon… — Isoroku Yamamoto
Justice has often been forged from fires of indignities and prejudices suffered. Our triumphs that celebrate the freedom of choice are hallowed. We have arrived… — Arenda L. Wright Allen
Only about seventy years ago was chemistry, like a grain of seed from a ripe fruit, separated from the other physical sciences. With Black, Cavendish… — Justus von Liebig
What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command respect, while the… — Justus von Liebig
There are several kinds of truths, and it is customary to place in the first order mathematical truths, which are, however, only truths of definition.… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
[Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon… — Irenaeus of Lyons
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man… — Philip Danforth Armour

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