We Cannot Quotes

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We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. — Benjamin Jowett
We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way… — A J Muste
We must apply our humble efforts to the construction of a more just and humane world. And I want to declare emphatically: Such a world… — Adolfo Perez Esquivel
Something that's of common interest to every man, woman and child on the planet must surely be the notion of 'Peace'. Without 'Peace' we cannot… — Annie Lennox
We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War… — Rigoberta Menchu
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it. — Max Lerner
We have so exalted a notion of the human soul that we cannot bear to be despised, or even not to be esteemed by it.… — Blaise Pascal
We are in the ordinary position of scientists of having to be content with piecemeal improvements: we can make several things clearer, but we cannot… — Frank P. Ramsey
If what we regard as real depends on our theory, how can we make reality the basis of our philosophy? ...But we cannot distinguish what… — Stephen Hawking
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves. — Eda LeShan
We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person… — Jane Addams
I would like the church to be a place where the questions of people are honored rather than a place where we have all the… — John Shelby Spong
As long as we place millions of Indians at the canter of our thought process, as long as we think of their welfare, their future,… — Mukesh Ambani
Thus we cannot escape the fact that the world we know is constructed in order to see itself. This is indeed amazing. Not so much… — George Spencer-Brown
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time… — Denis Waitley
No one wants to learn from mistakes, but we cannot learn enough from successes to go beyond the state of the art. — Henry Petroski
We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone-but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy. — Walter Inglis Anderson
We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity. — Stephen Charnock
When it comes to satisfying our spiritual appetites, there is no such thing as excess. There are no restraints placed on us by God. There… — Sam Storms
You must forgive everyone. Now many would say that "We cannot forgive, it's very difficult." But it's a myth whether you forgive or don't forgive.… — Nirmala Srivastava

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