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As for earthquakes, though they were still formidable, they were so interesting that men of science could hardly regret them.
It was the duty of wives to submit to husbands, not of husbands to submit to wives. . . men have stronger muscles than women.
Mary seeks for those who approach her devoutly and with reverence, for such she loves, nourishes, and adopts as her children.
We must, then, apply the principle of Doubt to Civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.
The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.
A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.
I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.
You've got to love yourself enough, not only so that others will be able to love you, but that you'll be able to love others.
No community dictates to any individual how to live their lives. You can criticize and you can push but people freely choose.
The challenge artists face today is whether to be an underground, unheard genius, or to dilute their art for the marketplace.
I feel as if I have been blessed to undergo a transformation from 'gangster' to 'redeemed sinner with gangster proclivities.'
Lust is a strong tower of mischief, and hath in it many defenders, as neediness, anger, paleness, discord, love, and longing.
Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.
People who are too fastidious towards the finite never reach actuality, but linger in abstraction, and their light dies away.
Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.
Facts are all accidents. They all might have been different. They all may become different. They all may collapse altogether.
I believe in the possibility of happiness, if one cultivates intuition and outlives the grosser passions, including optimism.
Love, whether sexual, parental, or fraternal, is essentially sacrificial, and prompts a man to give his life for his friends.
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.
What I cannot live with may not bother another man's conscience. The result is that conscience will stand against conscience.
If one does not expect the unexpected, one will not find it out, since it is not to be searched out, and difficut to compass.
The essential trait in the moral consciousness, is the control of some feeling or feelings by some other feeling or feelings.
Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials.
God put a secret art into the forces of Nature so as to enable it to fashion itself out of chaos into a perfect world system.
Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to build community.
The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading.
The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery.
I bold it impossible, that the great monarchies of Europe can subsist much longer; they all affect magnificence and splendor.
The abuse of books kills science. Believing that we know what we have read, we believe that we can dispense with learning it.
The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.
Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a "talent;" my sole concern has been to save myself by work and faith.
As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it ends.
We do not act because we know, but we know because we are called upon to act; the practical reason is the root of all reason.
Deconstruction is not meant to be a soft sighing for the future, but a way of deciding now and being impassioned in a moment.
Not only is social life identical with communication, but all communication (and hence all genuine social life) is educative.
Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with.
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.
Every established fact which is too bad to admit of any other defence is always presented to us as an injunction of religion.
In the killing of animals there is cruelty, rage, and the accustoming of oneself to the bad habit of shedding innocent blood.
The more a ruling class is able to assimilate the most prominent men of a ruled class, the more solid and dangerous its rule.
Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of the Tao. That which goes against the Tao comes to an early end.
The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.
To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay.
The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky.
If you want to swim across the English Channel from England to France - you have to leave your doubt on the beach in England.
I give no sources, because it is indifferent to me whether what I have thought has already been thought before me by another.