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wisdom understanding intuition
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition. Baruch Spinoza
wisdom blessed power
Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred. Arthur Koestler
wisdom power men
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand
wisdom giving forever
Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it. C. S. Lewis
wisdom grief yawning
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing. C. S. Lewis
wisdom science discovery
Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need. Charles Kettering
wisdom forever waiting
Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot. Baltasar Gracian
wisdom answers knows
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it. Boethius
wisdom distance home
The distance between glorified spirits in heaven and militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We are not far from home-a moment will bring us there. Charles Spurgeon
pride proud one-you-love
I found out it is just as hard to make a movie that you are not proud of as it is to make one you love. Craig Ferguson
pride doe add
As God adds his ‘Yes’ to your ‘Yes,’ as he confirms your will with his will, and as he allows you, and approves of, your triumph and rejoicing and pride, he makes you at the same time instruments of his will and purpose both for yourselves and for others. In his unfathomable condescension God does add his ‘Yes’ to yours; but by doing so, he creates out of your love something quite new – the holy estate of matrimony… Dietrich Bonhoeffer
pride grace needs
The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness. Edward Abbey
pride important cameras
I had to get my camera to register things that were more important than how poor they were--their pride, their strength, their spirit. Dorothea Lange
pride blessing past
In this hour I would ask of the Lord God only this: that, as in the past, so in the years to come He would give His blessing to our work and our action, to our judgement and our resolution, that He will safeguard us from all false pride and from all cowardly servility, that he may grant to us to find the straight path which His Providence has ordained for the German people, and that he may ever give us the courage to do the right, never to falter, never to yield before any violence, before any danger. Adolf Hitler
pride destruction
Pride goes before destruction. Aesop
pride gay ideas
Rock Hudson let his gay agent marry him off to his secretary because he didn't want people to get the right idea. Anthony Perkins
pride people gentleman
The Landlord is a gentleman who does not earn his wealth. He has a host of agents and clerks that receive for him. He does not even take the trouble to spend his wealth. He has a host of people around him to do the actual spending. He never sees it until he comes to enjoy it. His sole function, his chief pride, is the stately consumption of wealth produced by others. David Lloyd
pride virtue cease
Virtue, once bragged about, once you pride yourself upon it, ceases to be such. Ameen Rihani
world enjoy virtuous
In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both. Ayn Rand
world victim
We can each immediately liberate ourselves as victims in the world, through solidifying an intent to act. Bryant H. McGill
world conflict outside-world
The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves. Bryant H. McGill
world morality assumption
The modernists started with the assumption that science is the only source of sure knowledge, that nature is all there is, and thus that morality is merely a human invention that can be changed to meet changing circumstances in an evolving world. Charles Colson
world pitching cooperation
Cooperation in the most natural thing in the world Janine Benyus
world diners four
When do you learn that the world, like any diner worth its salt, is open twenty-four hours a day? Daniel Handler
world
For Beatrice, I cherished, you perished, The world's been nightmarished. Daniel Handler
world remember deals
Remember that you create your world. It’s not what happens to you, but how you choose to deal with it. Dana Delany
world quarterback profession
You can find the intangibles of being a quarterback in almost every profession in the world. There's nothing like it. Brady Quinn