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If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state.
by Leo Tolstoy (Novelist, Russian , born in 1828) keywords: because, consciences, contrary, existed, external, intolerable, live, means, men, most, once, one-half, our, reason, shoot, state, such, their, themselves, time , would Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.
by Paul Tournier (Author, Swiss , born in 1898) keywords: acceptance, accepting, away, comes, complexes, contrary, does, handicaps, heredity, injustices, life, mean, means, nothing, psychological, resignation, running, struggle , suffering Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it what it should be.
by Benjamin Tucker (Activist, American , born in 1854) keywords: contrary, description, discovery, extends, function, making, means, should, socialism , society Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
by Peter Ustinov (Actor, English , born in 1921) keywords: belief, believe, best, contrary, first, friends, general, got, merely , necessarily I believe that our office has clearly been the leader in building coalitions, in getting other universities across the contrary to interact more effectively with the government and particularly the Congress.
by Charles Vest (Educator, American , born in 1941) keywords: across, been, believe, building, clearly, coalitions, congress, contrary, effectively, getting, government, interact, leader, more, office, other, our, particularly , universities It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves.
by George Voinovich (Politician, American , born in 1936) keywords: believe, colleagues, contrary, cuts, fact, life, pay, recognize, seem, simple, some, tax, themselves , time Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: clergy, common, contrary, more, nothing, reason, religion, sense , than The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.
by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: also, because, brought, cannot, colors, contrary, contrast, each, effect, eye, great, ill, little, may, near, other, painting, produce, said, shock, very , which May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.
by Ralph Thomas Walker (Architect, American , born in 1889) keywords: am, architects, been, book, contrary, fellow, finally, forty, good, grandeur, humble, illusions, knowledge, life, may, open, public, quite, say, service, through, very , years I call upon my God to judge me, he knows that I love my friends and above all others my wife and children, the, oppinion of the world to contrary notwithstanding.
by Stand Watie (Soldier, Cherokee , born in 1806) keywords: above, call, children, contrary, friends, god, judge, knows, love, notwithstanding, others, upon, wife , world Personally, I do not believe that we shall have greater armaments in the future than we have had in the past. On the contrary, I believe there will be a gradual diminution in this respect.
by William Watsonkeywords: armaments, believe, contrary, diminution, future, gradual, greater, had, past, personally, respect, shall, than , will Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: anything, contrary, destination, idea, nothing, origin, other, poison, progress , than With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: always, anything, because, being, concluding, contrary, destroyed, either, find, great, him, human, individually, matter, mediocre, misfortune, precious, reasons, seems, sorrow, suit, taken , too On the contrary a film can promote the idea of change without any political message whatsoever but in its form and language can tell people that they can change their lives and contribute to progressive changes in the world.
by Wim Wenders (Director, German , born in 1945) keywords: any, change, changes, contrary, contribute, film, form, idea, language, lives, message, political, progressive, promote, tell, their, whatsoever, without , world The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.
by William Whewell (Philosopher, English , born in 1794) keywords: already, becomes, case, class, coherent, contained, contrary, elements, explaining, extended, facts, false, further, more, new, our, require, system, theories , which The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
by Walt Whitman (Poet, American , born in 1819) keywords: consider, constraint, contrary, every, law, laws, liberty, man, potent, release, sees, shallow , wise The automobile, both a cause and an effect of this decentralization, is ideally suited for our vast landscape and our generally confused and contrary commuting patterns.
by Brock Yates (Editor, American , born in 1933) keywords: automobile, both, cause, commuting, confused, contrary, effect, generally, ideally, landscape, our, patterns, suited , vast
