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One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation.
I believe that those of us who are the producers and purveyors of television, I believe that we are the servants of this nation.
Your love for Jesus Christ and your discipleship in His cause must be the consuming preoccupation and passion of your mortality.
The worth of a faith does not consist in the clarity with which it is stated but in the steadfastness with which it is defended.
Call me an optimist, but in the past 300 years we have built amazing technologies which - by and large - have advanced humanity.
I just tried to create a little chaos. Chaos is a good thing. God created the whole world out of it. Change is what comes of it.
There are just two people entitled to refer to themselves as "we"; one is the editor and the other is the fellow with a tapeworm.
People get a lot out of being religious. They have strong senses of community and mutual support. So, what's not to love [there]?
I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.
There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.
Fame is a four-letter word; and like tape or zoom or face or pain or life or love, what ultimately matters is what we do with it.
One of the great consolations . . . is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so.
Without the instinct for adventure, any civilization, however enlightened; any state, however well-ordered, will wilt and wither.
You cannot describe truly what you are but you can enjoy and directly experience what you are. Therein lies the joy of existence.
There are already robotic journalists. Sure, they aren't very good, but they're getting better faster than human journalists are.
With the right care at the right time, a huge number of people could stay independent much longer, with a higher quality of life.
When everybody has access to an avalanche of information, becoming a master thinker is very important in your life-long security.
It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. In our competitive world, that might be called a waste of time.
Coveting, pouting, or tearing others down does not elevate your standing, nor does demeaning someone else improve your self-image.
The beauty of science and the nature of scientific revelations constitute part of the modern theologian's perspective and toolbox.
When I started teaching at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000, no field-based courses in strategic philanthropy existed.
Individuals who were submerged in reality, merely feeling their needs, emerge from reality and perceive the causes of their needs.
We're making progress, but getting machines to replicate our ability to perceive and manipulate the world remains incredibly hard.
Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym.
Intuitively you want some place [such as your phone] to store phone numbers, so you have that part of your brain to do other tasks.
The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play.
Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good.
The fullness or emptiness of life will be measured by the extent to which a man feels that he has an impact on the lives of others.
I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do.
I answered that one learns to live, not by hearing of other lives, but by living; for words are infinitely less important than acts.
Learning is a deep human need, like mating and eating, and like all such needs it is meant to be deeply pleasurable to human beings.
Perhaps no more beautiful passages have ever been written about the Savior's atonement and crucifixion than those written by Isaiah.
Indeed, the interests of the oppressors lie in 'changing the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them.
I never felt that getting angry would do you any good other than hurt your own digestion- keep you from eating, which I liked to do.
I never felt that getting angry would do you any good other than hurt your own digestion, keep you from eating, which I liked to do.
The innovation point is the pivotal moment when talented and motivated people seek the opportunity to act on their ideas and dreams.
If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.
A hundred children, a hundred individuals who are people--not people-to-be, not people of tomorrow, but people now, right now--today.
Imperfect people are all god has ever had to work with. That must be terribly frustrating to him, but he deals with it. So should we.
I'm really looking forward to a time when generations after us look back and say how ridiculous it was that humans were driving cars.
In 50 years, there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them.
Do not forget that chiropractors did not treat diseases. They adjust causes, whether acquired, spontaneous, or the result of accident.
I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.
Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you're thinking or feeling unless you share it.
The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.
Is it then saying too much if I say, that man by thinking only becomes truly man? Take away thought from man's life, and what remains?
It is a sin of the soul to force young people into opinions ... but it is culpable neglect not to impel young people into experiences.
Online education that leaves almost everybody behind except for highly motivated students, to me, can't be a viable path to education.
Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.