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When one has made a decision to kill a person, even if it will be very difficult to succeed by advancing straight ahead, it will… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. One yawns, one procrastinates,… — Lord Chesterfield
When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing. — Ajahn Chah
When one writer tries to silence another, he silences every writer-and in the end he also silences himself. — David Leavitt
I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines… — May Sarton
When we are upset, itâ€™s easy to blame others. However, the true cause of our feelings is within us. For example, imagine yourself as a… — Josei Toda
Does not the discipline of the scientific spirit just commence when one no longer harbours any conviction? — Friedrich Nietzsche
But not to perish from internal distress and doubt when one inflicts great suffering and hears the cry of suffering : that is great, that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Tolerance is a good cornerstone on which to build human relationships. When one views the slaughter and suffering caused by religious intolerance throughout all the… — L. Ron Hubbard
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. — Bertrand Russell
Nothing seems to me to be rarer today then genuine hypocrisy. I greatly suspect that this plant finds the mild atmosphere of our culture unendurable.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
There are men whom one hates until a certain moment when one sees, through a chink in their armour, the writhing of something nailed down… — Gerald Kersh
The fruit of humanity is devotion to one's parents. The fruit of righteousness is to respect one's elders. The fruit of wisdom is to understand… — Mencius
Charity is never so lovely as when one has lost consciousness that one is practicing charity. 'You mean I helped you? I was enjoying myself.… — Anthony de Mello
All mankind is one volume. When one man dies, a chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language. And… — John Donne
Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it was somewhere else. No one seems to have noticed… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
When one begins to purposefully perform acts of kindness, the spirit changes and soon doing good deeds becomes a focal point for our life; doing… — Gary Blair
When you fight, you don't fight for abstract values like the flag, or the nation, or democracy. You fight for your buddy. You fight to… — Richard Marcinko
Those who turn against the Church do so to play to their own private gallery, but when, one day, the applause has died down and… — Neal A. Maxwell
People who turn to philosophy expecting to harvest a crop of formulas of wisdom or understanding do not understand-philosophy has such things, but they are… — Kenny Smith

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