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4249 Works quotes by 2912 unique authors
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The most convincing proof of the conversion of heat into living force [vis viva] has been derived from my experiments with the electro-magnetic engine, a…
— James Prescott Joule
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The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the works or deeds…
— John Owen
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He works in us and with us, not against us or without us; so that his assistance is an encouragement to the facilitating of the…
— John Owen
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Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in believers,…
— John Owen
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If heaven were by merit, it would never be heaven to me, for if I were in it I should say, "I am sure I…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works are mutually exclusive. As Paul…
— Jerry Bridges
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Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine that we can…
— John Owen
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There, poor sinner, take my garment, and put it on; you shall stand before God as if you were Christ, and I will stand before…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Of course, Behaviourism 'works'. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviourist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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The greater is the circle of light, the greater is the boundary of the darkness by which it is confined. But, notwithstanding this, the more…
— Joseph Priestley
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The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.
— Philip Roth
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We tried war, we tried aggression, we tried intervention. None of it works. Why don't we try peace, as a science of human relations, not…
— Dennis Kucinich
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Whatever anybody believes as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else, it's fair enough, and works, and I think, is real, and matters. I don't…
— George Clooney
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To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws,…
— Nicolaus Copernicus
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I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, then that this universall Frame, is without a Minde.…
— Francis Bacon
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The last 100 years of research into the human brain...sees the brain as an organ that works by physical principles just like the other organs…
— Steven Pinker
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Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius, throwing the reader of a book, or the spectator of a…
— Isaac D'Israeli
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No-one knows what the soul is. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion
— Meister Eckhart
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The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it is…
— William Whewell
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One never finishes learning about art. There are always new things to discover. Great works of art seem to look different every time one stands…
— Ernst Gombrich
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You have to have doubts. I have collaborators I work with. I listen and then I decide. That's how it works.
— Giorgio Armani
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No, my step-daughter just opened a theatre school for children, I have another daughter who works in the record industry and another who is going…
— Rosanne Cash
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All the kindness which a man puts out into the world works on the heart and thoughts of mankind.
— Albert Schweitzer
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The purpose of God is the sovereign cause of all that good that is in man, and of all that external, internal and eternal good…
— Thomas Brooks
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We know there is a sun in heaven, yet we cannot see what matter it is made of, but perceive it only by the beams,…
— Thomas Adams
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