"In our hearts there is a ruthless dictator,……" — Graham Greene
"In our hearts there is a ruthless dictator, ready to contemplate the misery of a thousand strangers if it will ensure the happiness of the few we love."
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207 Quotes by Graham Greene
Graham Greene has 207 quotes on this site.
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Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.
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Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can…
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Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an…
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The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word,…
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There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive,…
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The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians…
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In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo…
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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all,…
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Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
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Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
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When we are not sure, we are alive.
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Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the…
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Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to…
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Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me…
— Thomas Paine
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The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow…
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If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression…
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These guidelines contemplate a policy that will grant special benefits to illegal immigrants based on their unlawful presence in the…
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I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different…
— Howard Zinn
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Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and…
— Abraham Lincoln
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There is another more subtle way in which the innocence of childhood is lost: when the child is infected with…
— Anthony de Mello
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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money…
— Horace
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