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That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.
by James Thomson (Musician, Scottish , born in 1700) keywords: chimerical, condition, dissatisfied, form, happiness, idea, makes, others, their , which It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.
by Lionel Trilling (Critic, American , born in 1905) keywords: badness, condition, consent, contemplation, cruel, cruelty, humane, make, our, possible, spiritual, us , will Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.
by Daniel Webster (Statesman, American , born in 1782) keywords: associated, being, condition, creatures, himself, his, isolated, kind, left, man, special, weakest, wonders, works , would One has to accept pain as a condition of existence. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing. One needs a will stubborn in conflict, but apt always to the total acceptance of every consequence of living and dying.
by Morris West (Writer, Australian , born in 1916) keywords: accept, acceptance, always, apt, condition, conflict, consequence, cost, court, darkness, doubt, dying, every, existence, knowing, living, needs, pain, stubborn, total , will The condition in New Orleans was changing every day. I said, why don't we appropriate another $10 billion, come back and look at the situation, and do another $10 billion every week, or every 10 days?
by Lynn Westmoreland (Politician, American , born in 1950) keywords: another, appropriate, back, billion, changing, come, condition, day, days, every, look, new, orleans, said, situation, week , why I pass over the toil and suffering and danger which attended the redemption and cultivation of their lands by the colonists, and turn to their civil condition and to the conduct and history of the government.
by William H. Wharton (Politician, American , born in 1802) keywords: attended, civil, colonists, condition, conduct, cultivation, danger, government, history, lands, over, pass, redemption, suffering, their, toil, turn , which Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.
by Thornton Wilder (Novelist, American , born in 1897) keywords: aim, condition, does, eternal, good, high, nothing, providence, purpose, resolutely, something, store , success Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
by E. O. Wilson (Scientist, American , born in 1929) keywords: assumption, blind, condition, every, expressed, faith, how, human, matter, part, passionately, relentlessly, science, suffice, test , will We are not cured of alcoholism. What we have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our daily activities.
by William Griffith Wilson (Celebrity, American , born in 1895) keywords: activities, alcoholism, carry, condition, contingent, cured, daily, day, every, god, into, maintenance, must, our, reprieve, spiritual, vision , will In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not recover it, was very nebulous.
by John Sergeant Wise (Author, American , born in 1846) keywords: affairs, between, condition, could, difference, his, lost, man, practical, recover, slave, such , very As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: another, black, change, condition, curse, face, handicap, him, his, hopeless, lynching, said, sort, struggle, student, teaching, well , worst When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.
by Orville Wright (Inventor, American , born in 1871) keywords: been, coin, condition, could, decide, fastened, first, had, machine, make, motor, operator, released, run, should, start, sure, tossed, track, trial, until, wilbur, wire , won
