"What a man knows is everywhere at war…" — Joseph Wood Krutch
"What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants."
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81 Quotes by Joseph Wood Krutch
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Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.
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To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself…
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Is it wholly fantastic to admit the possibility that Nature herself strove toward what we call beauty? Face to face…
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Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to…
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Life is very persistent and very ingenious in seizing every opportunity.
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The mind leaps, and leaps perhaps with a sort of elation, through the immensities of space, but the spirit, frightened…
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Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man's existence.
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The typical American believes that no necessity of the soul is free and that there are precious few, if any,…
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Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one dies, some part of that…
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Civilizations die from philosophical calm, irony, and a sense of fair play quite as surely as they die of debauchery.
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Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing…
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Science has always promised two things not necessarily related; an increase first in our powers, second in our happiness or…
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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was…
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I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional…
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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
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It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to…
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The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow…
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Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible…
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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships,…
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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what…
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Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.
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Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international…
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I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict…
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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too…
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