We Cannot Quotes
2295 quotes by 1491 authors
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A great part of life consists of contemplating what we cannot cure.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our…
— William Whewell
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We risk great peril if we kill off this spirit of adventure, for we cannot predict how and in what seemingly unrelated fields it will…
— James A. Michener
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Despite all the doom and gloom that constantly assaults our senses, there is a way for us to ransom our lives and reclaim our futures:…
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
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The here, the now, and the individual, have always been the special concern of the saint, the artist, the poet, and-from time immemorial- the woman.…
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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We hear in these days of scientific enlightenment a great deal of discussion about the efficacy of Prayer. Many reasons are given why we should…
— William James
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Brotherly love is not a tangible commodity. We cannot touch it or weigh it, smell it of taste it. Yet it is a reality; it…
— Carl H. Claudy
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Art is nothing tangible. We cannot call a painting 'art' as the words 'artifact' and 'artificial' imply. The thing made is a work of art…
— Ananda Coomaraswamy
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We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.-Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that…
— Thomas Jefferson
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To those of you mourn the loss of a loved one today, my heart goes out to you. We remember that the blessings that we…
— Barack Obama
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It is not enough to behave reverently; we must feel in our hearts reverence for our Heavenly Father and our Lord, Jesus Christ. Reverence flows…
— L. Tom Perry
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One of George Washington's main concerns was to make sure that his soldiers had adequate supplies of meat: A part of the army has been…
— George Washington
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But we never tell the truth. We cannot properly 'tell' the truth, because our words are crude tools to express something, 'the truth', which may…
— Declan Donnellan
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In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and…
— Adam Schiff
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As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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America has made no reparation to the Vietnamese, nothing. We are the richest people in the world and they are among the poorest. We savaged…
— Martha Gellhorn
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One of the problems we have is that we cannot just be content to admire and enjoy, we have to possess and feel we own…
— Joseph Girzone
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We cannot make rivers whole unless we wholly understand them.
— Rob Brown
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Without nourishing our own souls, we can't nourish the world, for we cannot give what we do not have. As we attend to our souls,…
— Marianne Williamson
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Do not judge yourself harshly. Without mercy for ourselves we cannot love the world.
— Gautama Buddha
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