"Tragedy is a vision of nihilism, a heroic……" — Susan Sontag

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• If there is a mystical chord in democracy, it probably revolves around the notion that unexpected music can resonate from… — William Greider
• Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is. — Christiaan Barnard
• All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life,… — Albert Einstein
• Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling. ... Though to the layman, the world… — Henry Taube
• ... what is really inspiriting and ennobling in the doctrine of freewill, is the conviction that we have real power… — John Stuart Mill
• The principal object of your reading should be for the acquisition of useful knowledge , and the strengthening, refining, and… — Grenville Kleiser
• Freedom is the very essence of our nation. To be sure, ours is not a perfect nation. But even with… — Ronald Reagan
• Imagine for a moment that each one of us takes only a little more care for each hour of his… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
• While 'Buddhism' suggests another belief system, 'dharma practice' suggests a course of action. The four ennobling truths are not propositions… — Stephen Batchelor
• In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes. — Thorstein Veblen
• All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle… — H. L. Mencken
• Everything that occurs in the temple is uplifting and ennobling. It speaks of life here and life beyond the grave.… — Gordon B. Hinckley

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